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Definition of "prate" [prate]
- To talk idly and at length; chatter. (verb-intransitive)
- To utter idly or to little purpose. (verb-transitive)
- Empty, foolish, or trivial talk; idle chatter. (noun)
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Use "prate" in a sentence
- "The same pople who used to prate about "moral clarity" now argue that we should overlook criminality."
- "Those who prate about freedom while kidnapping innocent people off the streets and locking them up in concentrationschlagers don't deserve freedom themselves!"
- "But rather than actually examining the things they know in life, they try to prate wise about things they know little of."