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  • 1prate — I. v. n. Prattle, chatter, tattle, babble, gabble, palaver, jabber, be loquacious, be garrulous. II. v. a. Tell (foolishly), babble, utter, prate about. III. n. Prattle, gabble, chatter, twaddle, palaver, idle talk, childish talk, twattle, non… …

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  • 2prate — [preıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: praten] [i]old use to talk in a meaningless, boring way about something …

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  • 3prate — [ preıt ] verb intransitive an old word meaning to talk in a silly way for a long time about unimportant things …

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  • 4prate — UK [preɪt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms prate : present tense I/you/we/they prate he/she/it prates present participle prating past tense prated past participle prated an old word meaning to talk in a silly way for a long time about… …

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  • 5prate — verb (intransitive + on/about) old fashioned to talk in a meaningless, boring way about something …

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  • 6prate — preɪt v. chatter, talk about trivial matters, babble, gab; express foolishly, utter using nonsensical talk …

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  • 7babble — I. v. n. 1. Prattle, jabber, chatter, gibber, talk inarticulately. 2. Prate, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, be loquacious, talk idly or thoughtlessly. See prate. 3. Tell secrets, tattle, blab, let the cat out of the bag. II. v. a. 1. Tell ( …

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  • 8ἐναδολεσχούντων — ἐναδολεσχέω prate about pres part act masc/neut gen pl (attic epic doric) ἐναδολεσχέω prate about pres imperat act 3rd pl (attic epic doric) …

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  • 9Blind men and an elephant — The story of the blind men and an elephant originated from India. It has been attributed to the Sufis, Jainists, Buddhists, or Hindus, and has been used by all those groups. The version best known in the West is the 19th Century poem by John… …

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  • 10Die blinden Männer und der Elefant — Blinde Mönche untersuchen einen Elefanten (Druck von Hanabusa Itchō, 1888) Im Gleichnis Die blinden Männer und der Elefant untersucht eine Gruppe von Blinden oder Männer in völliger Dunkelheit einen Elefanten, um zu begreifen, worum es sich bei… …

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