PRATES
Noun
prates
plural of prate
Verb
prates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prate
Anagrams
• Paster, Pearts, paster, paters, petars, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, trapes, treaps
Source: Wiktionary
PRATE
Prate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating.] Etym: [Akin to LG. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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. Etym: [Akin to LG. & D. praat, Sw. prat.]
Definition: Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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