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n. [ Cf. F. contredanse (fr. E. Country-dance). ] 1. (a) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. (b) The quadrille. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Music) A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Liable to depredation. [ Obs. ] “Made less depredable.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ] [ L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey. ] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depraedatio: cf. F. déprédation. ] The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depraedator. ] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L., exheredatus, p. p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres, heredis, heir. ] To disinherit. [ R. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., exheredatio: cf. F. exhérédation. ] A disinheriting; disherison. [ R. ]
Syn. -- exhereditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that forms in coal mines and becomes explosive when mixed with air. It is a source of serious hazard in coal mining operations. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To date before the true time; to antedate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praeda prey. ] (Zool.) A carnivorous animal. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeda prey. See Prey. ] Living by prey; predatory. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praeda prey. ] Of or pertaining to prey; plundering; predatory. [ R. ] Boyse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedatio, fr. praedari to plunder. ] The act of pillaging. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a predatory manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedatorius, fr. praedari to plunder, fr. praeda prey. See Prey. ] 1. Characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party. “A predatory war.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hungry; ravenous; as, predatory spirits. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Exercise . . . maketh the spirits more hot and predatory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Living by preying upon other animals; carnivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. redactus, p. p. of redigere; pref. red-, re-, again, back + agere to put in motion, to drive. ] To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Redactor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rédaction. ] The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., for OF. redent a double notching or jagging, as in the teeth of a saw, fr. L. pref. re- re- + dens, dentis, a tooth. Cf. Redented. ] [ Written sometimes redent and redens. ] 1. (Fort.) A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Redargued p. pr. & vb. n. Redarguing. ] [ L. redarguere; pref. red-, re- re- + arguere to accuse, charge with: cf. F. rédarguer. ] To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall I . . . suffer that God should redargue me at doomsday, and the angels reproach my lukewarmness? Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now this objection to the immediate cognition of external objects has, as far as I know, been redargued in three different ways. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. redargutio. ] The act of redarguing; refutation. [ Obs. or R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]