Prate

v. i.	1.	To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] To prate and talk for life and honor. - Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	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.
n.	1.	Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. - Pope.

Noun	1.	prate - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk Synonyms: blether, chin music, idle talk, prattle
Verb	1.	prate - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly Synonyms: blabber, palaver, piffle, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter

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