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Webster 1913 Edition


Prate

Prate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prating
.]
[Akin to LG. & D.
praten
, Dan.
prate
, Sw. & Icel.
prata
.]
To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
To
prate
and talk for life and honor.
Shakespeare
And make a fool presume to
prate
of love.
Dryden.

Prate

,
Verb.
T.
To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
What nonsense would the fool, thy master,
prate
,
When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate !
Dryden.

Prate

,
Noun.
[Akin to LG. & D.
praat
, Sw.
prat
.]
Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Sick of tops, and poetry, and
prate
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prate

PRATE

,
Verb.
I.
To talk much and without weight, or to little purpose; to be loquacious; as the vulgar express it, to run on.
To prate and talk for life and honor,
And make a fool presume to prate of love.

PRATE

,
Verb.
T.
To utter foolishly.
What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate,
When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate?

PRATE

,
Noun.
Continued talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Definition 2024


prate

prate

English

Noun

prate (plural prates)

  1. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

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Derived terms

Verb

prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)

  1. To talk much and to little purpose; to chatter; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
    • Dryden
      What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!

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Translations

References

  • (etymology) prate, in Compact Oxford English Dictionary.
  • (etymolohy) prate, in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

prate

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of praten

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

prate (imperative prat, present tense prater, passive prates, simple past and past participle prata or pratet, present participle pratende)

  1. to chat (om / about)

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