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
Example sentences :
  • 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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