Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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PRED'ATORY, adjective [Latin proedatorius, from proeda, prey.]
1. Plundering; pillaging; characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; as a predatory war; a predatory excursion; a predatory party.
2. Hungry; ravenous; as predatory spirits or appetite. [Hardly allowable.]
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