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.
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Prate
/pɹeɪt/
Synonyms for "prate" (155 found)
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caqueteriechatchatterchitter-chatterclackclaptrapclattercock-a-doodle-doocrowditherdouble talkdouble-talkdriveldroolfalderalfiddle faddlefiddle-faddlefiddledeedeeflummeryfolderol
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Noun(2 words)
chin musicclaver
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hot airhumbugidle talkjabberjargonjawmere talkmouthmumbo jumbonarrishkeitnatterniaiserienonsensenonsense talkpack of nonsensepalaverpatterpifflepour forthprating
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prattleprittle prattleprittle-prattlepufframble onrantrattlerattle onreel offrigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderubbishrun onskimble-skamblesmatterspoutspout offstuff and nonsensestultiloquencetalktalk awaytalk nonsensetalk ontalkee talkeetalkee-talkeetittle tattletittle-tattletrashtrumperytwaddletwattletwiddle-twaddletwittervaporvaporingvauntwafflewafflingyakyakkety-yak
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What nonsense would the fool, thy master, prate, / When thou, his knave, canst talk at such a rate!
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Urania speaks with darken’d brow: ‘Thou pratest here where thou art least; This faith has many a purer priest, And many an abler voice than thou: […]’
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They are not so chic, these kids. They don’t haunt press receptions or opening nights; they don’t pose as street punks in the style of Bruce Springsteen, or prate of rock & Rimbaud.
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