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Definition of Prating
1. prate [v] - See also: prate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prating
Literary usage of Prating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"The picture of an empty professor, accurately drawn,'in - the character of
Talkative, son uf Mr. Say-well, of '• prating-row. MOREOVER I saw in my dream, ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"prating (PRATTLING- or PRATTLE-) CHEAT, subs. phr. (Old Cant).— The tongue : see
CLACK, where add to syns. ' Manchester ' (Eng.), and la ..."
3. Of the Origin and Progress of Language by James Burnett Monboddo (1792)
"Of action in /peaking, and what is comprehended under it.'—Of the tone of Public
Speaking—The difference betwixt Speaking, Talking, prating, and Prattling. ..."
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