English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin praedārī.[1] Doublet of prey.
Verb
prede (third-person singular simple present predes, present participle preding, simple past and past participle preded)
- (obsolete) To prey; to plunder.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
- One of the Geraldins, who was ancestor to those that now are lords of Lackath, preded an enimie of his
Etymology 2
From Middle English prede, from Latin praeda.[2][3] Doublet of prey.
Noun
prede
- (obsolete) prey; plunder; booty
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
- bringing of the prede homeward
References
- “prede”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “prede, variant of pread, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “prede, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “prēde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
Noun
prede f (plural predis)
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
prede f
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
prede
Etymology 2
Verb
prede
Portuguese
Verb
prede
- inflection of predar:
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
prede (Cyrillic spelling преде)
Spanish
Verb
prede
- inflection of predar: