prede

See also: pređe, přede, and přede-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːd/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin praedārī. Doublet of prey.

Verb

prede (third-person singular simple present predes, present participle preding, simple past and past participle preded)

1. (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. Doublet of prey.

Noun

prede

1. (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.

Anagrams

• dreep

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin praeda.

Noun

prede f (plural predis)

1. prey

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛde
• Hyphenation: prè‧de

Noun

prede f

1. plural of preda

Anagrams

• perde, perdé

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

prede

1. (Kent) Alternative form of pryde (“proudness”)

Etymology 2

Verb

prede

1. (Kent) Alternative form of pryden

Portuguese

Verb

prede

1. inflection of predar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

prede (Cyrillic spelling преде)

1. third-person singular present of presti

Spanish

Verb

prede

1. inflection of predar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative