Bible Dictionaries
Prate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To utter foolishly; to speak without reason or purpose; to chatter, or babble.

(2):

(v. i.) To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

(3):

(n.) Talk to little purpose; trifling talk; unmeaning loquacity.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prate.html. 1828.