prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
have prated
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present perfectof prate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I might have prated to her of my needs, wrung her heart with the piteousness of my appeal.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
And it's I," he went on in a bitter self-scorn, "who have prated of honor, and the conduct of gentlemen, who have made a beast of myself before the best woman who ever lived!
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane
You, sir, have prated about our mutual wrongs and now you order me to be pacified.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
That youngster of whom I have prated so much, his name is Frank Henley, denies this, and says that what the world calls nature is habit.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
