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prattle v. 1 prate, babble, blather or blether, blither, gibber,
jabber, jibber-jabber, palaver, tattle, twaddle, gabble,
chatter, patter, drivel, twitter, rattle on, go on (and on),
maunder, Brit natter, Colloq witter (on), gas, gab, spout, gush,
run (on), US run off at the mouth, Slang jaw, ya(c)k,
ya(c)kety-ya(c)k, shoot off one's mouth: Do I have to listen to
him prattle on and on about his grandchildren?
--n. 2 prate, prating, babble, babbling, blather or blether,
blathering or blethering, gibber, gibbering, jabber, jabbering,
palaver, palavering, tattle, tattling, twaddle, chatter,
chattering, gabble, gabbling, patter, drivel, twitter,
twittering, rattling on, going on, maundering, cackle, US
jibber-jabbering, twattle, clack, Colloq gas, gab, running off
at the mouth, Slang jawing, ya(c)kety-ya(c)k: We were treated
to constant prattle about eating healthy foods. 3 jabberwocky,
gobbledegook or gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, rubbish, balderdash,
(stuff and) nonsense, humbug, bunkum, tommy-rot, trash, rot,
foolishness, Colloq pish and tush, hot air, flapdoodle,
rigmarole or rigamarole, bunk, piffle, moonshine, poppycock,
claptrap, bull, hogwash, swill, Brit tosh, fiddle-faddle,
boloney, Chiefly US garbage, horse feathers, Slang crap, hooey,
guff, Taboo slang bullshit, US crock (of shit): What they told
you about guaranteeing your job is just a lot of prattle.
pray v. 1 beseech, ask, call upon or on, entreat, implore, request,
appeal to, plead (with), beg (for), importune, solicit,
petition, supplicate, Rare obsecrate: I pray you to find it in
your heart to approve my work. 2 say one's prayers, offer a
prayer: We prayed for her safe return.
prayer n. 1 petition, supplication, request, entreaty, plea, suit,
appeal, Rare obsecration: Our prayers were answered, and she
returned safely. 2 devotion, praying, invocation, (divine)
service, Literary orison: Man ascends to God through prayer.
preach v. 1 deliver a sermon, evangelize, spread the Word or the
Gospel; catechize: The Most Reverend John Attwood will preach
next week at Winchester. 2 moralize, sermonize, advise,
counsel, admonish, reprimand, lecture, harangue, pontificate;
urge, inculcate, advocate: Mother used to preach to us about
being charitable. Father preached restraint in all things.