Definition of Prte
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.
To prate and talk for life and
honor. Shak.
And make a fool presume to prate of
love. Dryden.
Prate, v. t. 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, n. [Akin to LG. & D.
praat, Sw. prat.] Talk to little purpose; trifling
talk; unmeaning loquacity.
Sick of tops, and poetry, and
prate. Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.
- To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.
- To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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