Prate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Prated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prating

1. To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

   To prate and talk for life and honor.

   And make a fool presume to prate of love.

1. To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

   What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate !

1. Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

   Sick of tops, and poetry, and prate.