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prateth

prateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prate.

Meaning of prate

Verb

prate (third-person singular simple present prates, present participle prating, simple past and past participle prated)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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...

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Origin of prateth

prate + -eth

Questions about prateth

What is prateth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prate.

Words near prateth in the dictionary

  1. Prateeksha
  2. prateful
  3. prater
  4. praters
  5. prates
  6. prateth
  7. pratey
  8. prateys
  9. pratfall
  10. pratfall effect
  11. pratfall effects

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