To prate and talk for life and honor. --Shak.
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And make a fool presume to prate of love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Prate — Prate, n. [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. [1913 Webster] Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prate — Prate, v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble. [1913 Webster] What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate ! Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prate — (v.) early 15c., from M.Du. praten to prate (c.1400), from a West Germanic imitative root (Cf. M.L.G. praten, M.H.G. braten, Swed. prata to talk, chatter ). Related: Prated; prating … Etymology dictionary
prate — index bombast, prattle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Praté — praté, praton nm petit pré Normandie … Glossaire des noms topographiques en France
prate — [preıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: praten] [i]old use to talk in a meaningless, boring way about something … Dictionary of contemporary English
prate — [ preıt ] verb intransitive an old word meaning to talk in a silly way for a long time about unimportant things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
prate — chatter, *chat, gab, patter, prattle, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prate — ► VERB ▪ talk foolishly or at tedious length. ORIGIN from Dutch or Low German praten, probably imitative … English terms dictionary
prate — [prāt] vi. prated, prating [ME praten < MDu, prob. of echoic orig.] to talk much and foolishly; chatter vt. to tell idly; blab n. idle talk; chatter prater n. pratingly adv … English World dictionary
