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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See
Prey, n.]
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by
violence.
[1913 Webster]
More pity that the eagle should be mewed,
While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To prey on or To prey upon.
(a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.
--Shak.
(b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize
and devour. --Shak.
(c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;
as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See
Prey, n.]
To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by
violence.
More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites
and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak.
To prey on or upon.
(a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob.
--Shak.
(b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize
and devour. --Shak.
(c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away;
as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
preyed
vb.
(infl of en prey ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
preyed
vb.
(infl of en prey ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
preyed
vb.
(infl of en prey ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
preyed
vb.
(infl of en prey ed-form)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Preyed /pɹˈeɪd/ مفترسFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
preyed /pɹˈeɪd/ erbeutet, ausgeplündert, ausgenutzt see: prey on sth./sb., preying, prey on old peopleFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˈpɹeɪd/