"depasture" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: depastures [present, singular, third-person], depasturing [participle, present], depastured [participle, past], depastured [past]
Etymology: de- + pasture. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|pasture}} de- + pasture Head templates: {{en-verb}} depasture (third-person singular simple present depastures, present participle depasturing, simple past and past participle depastured)
  1. (archaic) To eat up, consume; to strip. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-depasture-en-verb-ZVNWYlj9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 79 21
  2. (archaic) To feed or pasture; to graze. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-depasture-en-verb-8HNIIaHO

Inflected forms

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