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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

praedatorius

, fr.

praedari

to plunder, fr.

praeda

prey. See

Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging;

as, a

predatory

excursion; a

predatory

party.

“A predatory war.”

Macaulay.

Hungry; ravenous;

as,

predatory

spirits

[Obs.]

Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and

predatory

Bacon.

(Zool.)

Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous.

Adj.

[L. proedatorius, from proeda, prey.]

Plundering; pillaging; characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; as a predatory war; a predatory excursion; a predatory party.

Hungry; ravenous; as predatory spirits or appetite. [Hardly allowable.]