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# prate

«prate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to talk on and on in a boastful or silly way, saying…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (prates, prated, prating) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

To prate is to talk on and on in a boastful or silly way, saying little that is sensible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To prate means to talk foolishly and too much. Proverbs says a person who chatters foolishly will fall. Interpretation: Tradition warns against careless speech and praises wise silence and listening. In the primary lessons: in old tales, a chatty or bragging person who talks nonsense.

### examples

- The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prating fool shall fall. (Writings PRO.10.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#x1)
- He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall. (Writings PRO.10.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#x2)
- Oh, prate away, said she. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#x3)
- Hold your prating, said the Ogre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#x4)
- They prate pleasantly as they ride on the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/prate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.