PRATE, verb intransitive 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 transitive 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.
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