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  • noun Plural form of prate.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prate.

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Examples

  • He prates about it, and writes to the papers about it, and worries the legislators about it.

    The Somnambulists 2010

  • Josua danilo prates 9 months ago amazing! beautiful, sad, oniric and very intriguing. congratulations!

    Red Rabbit on Vimeo 2010

  • Like one of the pious sisters here who prates and whines about forgiving our enemies and turning the other cheek so they can hit us again.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • If it results in someone getting killed as a result of Somali prates then it is just bad.

    Realer than you - Arts & Culture, Books - Macleans.ca 2010

  • Like one of the pious sisters here who prates and whines about forgiving our enemies and turning the other cheek so they can hit us again.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • But what a great mirror for us, our narcissism, our need to idealize some phoney who prates on about how great we are and proves it by such great hair styling! —

    McCain Campaign Spent $110,000 on Palin’s Stylists - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Like one of the pious sisters here who prates and whines about forgiving our enemies and turning the other cheek so they can hit us again.

    Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

  • So if your Senator says he or she is opposed to a public option, or wants a weaker public option, or a non-profit co-op that isn't big government, or prates about the "government takeover of health care," about losing your choice of doctor, about bureaucrats not doctors prescribing medicine, don't fall for it.

    Robert L. Borosage: Private Muscle and the Public Option in Health Care 2009

  • Will you have your prates give me more of the blank drink?

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

  • Will you have your prates give me more of the blank drink?

    Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009

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