prate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for prate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prate n idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music] v speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. To prate and talk for life and honor. --Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prate \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prate \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.