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English → English (gcide) Definition: Depredate Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. [1913 Webster] It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. [1913 Webster]