[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble:They prated on until I was ready to scream."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to utter in empty or foolish talk:to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["act of prating.", "empty or foolish talk."]}]