Part 2967

<hw>De*pre"ci*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who depreciates.</def>

<h1>Depreciatory</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*pre"ci*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.</def>

<h1>Depredable</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*da*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to depredation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Made less <i>depredable</i>."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Depredate</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Depredated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Depredating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>depraedatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>depraedari</ets> to plunder; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>praedari</ets> to plunder, <ets>praeda</ets> plunder, prey. See <er>Prey</er>.]</ety> <def>To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.</def>

<blockquote>It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and <b>depredated</b> by the spirits. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Depredate</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*date</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; <as>as, the troops <ex>depredated</ex> on the country</as>.</def>

<h1>Depredation</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`re*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depraedatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82pr\'82dation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; <as>as, the sea often makes <ex>depredation</ex> on the land</as>.</def>

<h1>Depredator</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*da`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>depraedator</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.</def>

<h1>Depredatory</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*da`to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; <as>as, a <ex>depredatory</ex> incursion</as>.</def>

<h1>Depreicate</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*pre"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> (intensive) + <ets>predicate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To proclaim; to celebrate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Deprehend</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`re*hend"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deprehended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deprehending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deprehendere</ets>, <ets>deprehensum</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>prehendere</ets> to lay hold of, seize. See <er>Prehensile</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>deprehended</b> adulteress.Jer. <i>Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To detect; to discover; to find out.</def>

<blockquote>The motion . . . are to be <b>deprehended</b> by experience. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deprehensible</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`re*hen"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Petty.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>