Meaning & use
prate
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To talk foolishly or tediously at length about something trivial.
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He prated on about his golf game while everyone else lost interest.
The old man would prate for hours about the good old days.
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A somewhat archaic or literary word, mainly seen in older texts or used deliberately for a formal, disapproving tone.
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