prate
verb (used without object)
to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble.
prates
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present tense formof prate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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His Polonius prates on foolishly without losing his essential dignity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
Styron himself prates endlessly about the sickness of the age. and Mason and Cass are obviously two of its sickest children.
From Time Magazine Archive
He prates of duty and discipline and chides Mrs. Alving on the libertarian tenor of the books she reads.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milt prates of the good things in life, but he, too, is gnawed by despair.
From Time Magazine Archive
They paint a landscape, but nothing "prates of their whereabouts," while they were sitting on a tripod, with their paper on their knees, drawing—their breath.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
