prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
have been prating
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present perfect progressiveof prate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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There, now, all this time has the damsel Spring been awaiting our commands, shivering mayhap in her scanty drapery, while we have been prating.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
So, hark ye, Mrs. Clacket, you have been prating I find in my Absence, giving me a handsom Character to Charlot—You hate any good thing shou'd go by your own Nose.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Montague Summers
