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Webster 1913 Edition


Prattle

Prat′tle

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prattled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Prattling
.]
[Freq.
of prate
.]
To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child’s talk.

Prat′tle

,
Verb.
T.
To utter as prattle; to babble;
as, to
prattle
treason
.
Addison.

Prat′tle

,
Noun.
Trifling or childish tattle; empty talk; loquacity on trivial subjects; prate; babble.
Mere
prattle
, without practice.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Prattle

PRAT'TLE

,
Verb.
I.
[dim. of prate.] To talk much and idly; to be loquacious on trifling subjects.
This word is particularly applied to the talk of children.

PRAT'TLE

,
Noun.
Trifling talk; loquacity on trivial subjects.
Mere prattle without practice,
Is all his soldiership.