1600 P. Holland tr. Livy iii. vii. 92 To..sit still without preading, in a wast and desart countrey.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus xiv. vi. 12 Crewes and troupes of preading brigands [L. praedatorios globos].
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon 66 Some Chaldees..that live by preading and robbing.