Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
To prate and talk for life and honor. --Shak.
And make a fool presume to prate of love. --Dryden.
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