Home › Words › P › predeprede/pɹiːd/prede means to prey; to plunder.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, prede ranks #23,630 of 42,749 for Qualifying.prede is pronounced /pɹiːd/.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin praedārī. Doublet of prey.verbTo prey; to plunder.e.g.“One of the Geraldins, who was ancestor to those that now are lords of Lackath, preded an enimie of his” — 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:nounprey; plunder; bootye.g.“bringing of the prede homeward” — 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.depredate 82% match — To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. vs prede →predal 73% match — Of or relating to prey; plundering; predatory. vs prede →depredatory 71% match — Tending or designed to depredate. vs prede →depredation 69% match — An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. vs prede →depredator 69% match — One who depredates, or commits depredation. vs prede →depredable 68% match — Liable to depredation. vs prede →despoil 66% match — To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from. vs prede →predaceously 65% match — In a predatory manner vs prede →