Definition for PRED'A-TO-RY

PRED'A-TO-RY, a. [L. prædatorius, from præda, 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.] – Bacon.

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