prated
/ˈpɹeɪtɪd/
prated is the simple past and past participle of prate.
Meaning of prate
Verb
prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)
- To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly.
- Thou ſowre and firme-ſet Earth / Heare not my ſteps, which they may walke, for feare / Thy very ſtones prate of my where-about, / And take the preſent horror from the time, / Which now ſutes with it.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- blabber, babble, bat the breeze, blab, blather, carp, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag
Words that rhyme with prated
- deflated
- inflated
- related
- dated
- weighted
- belated
- frustrated
- gated
- gold-plated
- plated
- postdated
- rated
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- slated
- stated
- truncated
- abated
- dehydrated
- dilated
- grated
- lirated
- outdated
- sated
- serrated
- undated
- antedated
- awaited
- backdated
- baited
- bated
- berated
- castrated
- collated
- conflated
- crated
- created
- cremated
- curated
- debated
- donated
- elated
- equated
- estimated
- fated
- fixated
- freighted
- gaited
- hated
- interrelated
- located
- mated
- misdated
- narrated
- negated
- nipple-dilated
- orated
- overdrawn
- overinflated
- overrated
- overstated
- pulsated
Questions about prated
- What is prated the simple past and past participle of?
- Prated is the simple past and past participle of prate.
- How do you pronounce prated?
- Prated is pronounced /ˈpɹeɪtɪd/.
Words near prated in the dictionary
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