depreciatory (depreshiatori)

[ The two precedent intend this, That the spirits and aire in their actions may be the le e depredatory; and the two latter that the blood and juice of the body may be the Bacon, Hist. Life and Death. le e depredable. depredate (dep'rē-dāt), v.; pret. and pp. depre dated, ppr. depredating. [LL. deprædat us, pp. of deprædari (> OF. depreder, depreer, F. dépréder = Pg. depredar = It. depredare ), plunder, It maketh the... body more solid and compact, and so le apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon, Nat. Hist. That kind of war which depredates and distre es in Marshall. dividuals. II. in trans. To take plunder or prey; commit waste: as, wild animals depredate upon the corn; thieves have depredated on my property. depre ed We must conceal our actions from the surprises and deprehensions of suspicion. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 279. deprensiblet, a. Same as deprehensible. Such [qualities] as are not discernible by sense, or de prensible by certain experiments. Sir W. Pettie, Advice to Hartlib (1648), p. 15. depre (dē-pres'), v. t. [ F. dé primer Sp. Pg. deprimir It. deprimere ), pre down, de, down, + premere, pre : see pre 1. Cf. compre , expre , etc.] 1. To pre or move downward; make lower; bring to a lower level: as, to depre the muzzle of a gun; to depre the eye. Unle an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing Depre 'd. Milton , P. L., ix. 46. 2. To force or keep down; cause to fall to or remain in a low or lower condition; lower in vigor, amount, estimation, etc.: as, to depre stocks or the price of merchandise; busine is depre ed. In any other man this had been boldne , And so rewarded. Pray depre your spirit. Beau . and Fl ., Val ent in i an, i. 3. Slow rises worth by poverty depre ed . Johnson, Vanity of Human Wishes, 1. 177. depredation (dep-re-dā'shon), n. [= F. dépré dation = Sp. depredacion = Pg. depredação = It. depredazione, plundering; a robbing; a pillaging. I have now a plentiful estate, external affluence; what if at this moment I were bereft of all, either by fire or Sir M. Hale , Afflictions. depredation? To guard against the depredations of birds or mice. D. G. Mitchell, Wet Days. 2. Waste; consumption.-3. In Scots law, the offense of driving away numbers of cattle or other beasts by the masterful force of armed persons: otherwise called hership. depredator (dep're-da-tor), n. [= F. dépré dateur Sp. Pg. depredador = It. depredatore, They [briony and colewort] be both great depredators of the earth, and one of them starveth the other. Bacon , Nat. Hist., § 492. IMG:content-2412.png:[blocks in formation] depredatory (dep're-da-to-ri), a. [ They are a stout, well-made, bold, warlike race of people, redoubtable neighbours to both nations of the Koriacs, who often feel the effects of their depredatory incursions. Cook , Voyages, VII. v. 7. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, ii. 1. 6. In alg ., to reduce to a lower degree, as an equation. 71. To reduce to subjection; over- power. Hit watz Ennias the athel, & his highe kynde That sithen depreced prouinces, & patrounes bicovme Welneze of al the wele in the west iles. deprehendt (dep-rē-hend'), v. t. [ deprendre , catch, seize (cf. OF. despren- dre, with prefix des- priv., let go, F. déprendre , separate, detach), = Sp. deprender = Pg. depre- 8t. To pardon; release; let go. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6. hender = It. deprendere, As if thou wert persude, Euen to the act of some light sinne, and deprehended so. IMG:content-2413.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To apprehend; learn. But yet they [motions of minute parts of bodies) are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon, Nat. Hist. deprehensiblet (dep-rō-hen'si-bl), a. [L. deprehens - us, pp. of deprehend ere (see depre hend), + E. -ible.] Capable of being discovered, apprehended, or understood. Also deprensible. E. Phillips.