3 entries under this word
v. i. [imp. & p. p. PRATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRATING.] [L. Ger. & D. praten, Dan. prate, Sw. & Icel. prata.] To talk much and without weight, or to little purpose; to be loquacious. To prate and talk for life and honor. Shak. And make a fool presume to prate of love. Dryden.
v. t. To utter foolishly; to speak without meaning.
*What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!* Dryden.
[L. Ger. & D. praat, Dan. & Sw. prat. See supra.] Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity. “Sick of fops, and poetry, and prate.” Pope.