prede

verb, noun — 2 senses

prede

verb

/pɹiːd/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin praedārī. Doublet of prey.

1

Obsolete To prey; to plunder.

One of the Geraldins, who was ancestor to those that now are lords of Lackath, preded an enimie of his1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

prede

noun

Etymology From Middle English prede, from Latin praeda. Doublet of prey.

1

Obsolete prey; plunder; booty

bringing of the prede homeward1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:

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