Prating

Prating
Prate Prate, v. 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. [1913 Webster]

To prate and talk for life and honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

And make a fool presume to prate of love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]


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  • prating — preɪt v. chatter, talk about trivial matters, babble, gab; express foolishly, utter using nonsensical talk …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • prating — noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of praten to prate more at prate 1. : foolish chatter : platitudinous discourse : evil speaking 2. : recurrent chattering natural sound of an animal (as a pullet coming into lay) …   Useful english dictionary

  • parting — prating …   Anagrams dictionary

  • magging —  prating, chattering. Chesh …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • prate — [c]/preɪt / (say prayt) verb (prated, prating) –verb (i) 1. to talk too much; talk foolishly or pointlessly; chatter; babble. –verb (t) 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk. –noun 3. the act of prating. 4. empty or foolish talk. {late Middle… …  

  • prate — v. & n. v. 1 intr. chatter; talk too much. 2 intr. talk foolishly or irrelevantly. 3 tr. tell or say in a prating manner. n. prating; idle talk. Derivatives: prater n. prating adj. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG praten, prob. imit …   Useful english dictionary

  • prate — prater, n. pratingly, adv. /prayt/, v., prated, prating, n. v.i. 1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream. v.t. 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest… …   Universalium

  • Proverbs 10 — 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous… …   The King James version of the Bible

  • στόμαργον — στόμαργος noisily prating masc/fem acc sg στόμαργος noisily prating neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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