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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Depredate \Dep"re*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depredated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Depredating}.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of
     depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda
     plunder, prey. See {Prey}.]
     To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste;
     to prey upon.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be
           consumed and depredated by the spirits.  --Bacon.
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