Category:Prate

Prate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] Etym: [akin to lg. & d. praten, dan. prate, sw. & icel. prata.]

Defn: to talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. To prate and talk for life and honor. Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. Dryden.

Prate Prate, v. t.

Defn: 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 Prate, n. Etym: [akin to lg. & d. praat, sw. prat.]

Defn: talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope.