[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster

         to prate and talk for life and honor.    --shak.
   1913 webster

         and make a fool presume to prate of love. --dryden.
   1913 webster
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