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Date: 2014-06-08 2:05 GMT-05:00
Subject: prate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Jun. 8, 2014

prate \preyt\ verb 1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream. 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness. Quotes "...What is prudence but avarice? What is generosity but a d... See full quote -- Anonymous, Herbert Wendall: A Tale of the Revolution, 1835 Origin Prate finds its roots in the Middle Dutch praeten meaning "to speak." It came to English during the time when Middle English was spoken.

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