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Definition of prate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

prate

verb
 
/preɪt/
 
/preɪt/
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prate
 
/preɪt/
 
/preɪt/
he / she / it prates
 
/preɪts/
 
/preɪts/
past simple prated
 
/ˈpreɪtɪd/
 
/ˈpreɪtɪd/
past participle prated
 
/ˈpreɪtɪd/
 
/ˈpreɪtɪd/
-ing form prating
 
/ˈpreɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈpreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. prate (on) (about something) to talk too much in a stupid or boring way
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German praten, probably of imitative origin.
indeed
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