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 Dep·re·date v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ]  To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
    It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.   --Bacon.