Definition of Prate

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Definition of Prate

Prate

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.

Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

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Prate Quotations

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after!
Mercedes McCambridge

And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
Richard Hovey

Prate Translations

prate in Swedish is babbla

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