Antonyms for prate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : preyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : preɪt |
Definition of prate
Origin :- early 15c., from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c.1400), from a West Germanic imitative root (cf. East Frisian proten, Middle Low German praten, Middle High German braten, Swedish prata "to talk, chatter"). Related: Prated; prating. As a noun from 1570s.
- verb babble
- Is it not late in the day, Hogan, for you and me to prate of honour?
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- Will you hold your prate, or do you want me to kick you downstairs?
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- It would be better to prate of Eric's love when he had told it thee, Swanhild.
- Extract from : « Eric Brighteyes » by H. Rider Haggard
- Prate not of these follies to me—do you take me for one of your priests?
- Extract from : « Woman on Her Own, False Gods & The Red Robe » by Eugne Brieux
- Tis but conceit, and nothing more, to prate of satisfaction!
- Extract from : « Cobwebs from a Library Corner » by John Kendrick Bangs
- Men did not prate of art: they wrought in love and simplicity.
- Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey
- I know the age better than you do, though you will prate about it so tediously.
- Extract from : « The Picture of Dorian Gray » by Oscar Wilde
- For the chimney-sweep to prate of cleanliness would not be more anomalous.
- Extract from : « Nuts for Future Historians to Crack » by Various
- Most prison reformers, as I say, prate of the injury done to the soul of the prisoner.
- Extract from : « Afterwards » by Kathlyn Rhodes
- And prate of spelling and reading as if they were the cardinal virtues?
- Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for prate
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