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   Babble (băbˈb'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Babbled (băbˈb'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Babbling.] [Cf. LG. babbeln, D. babbelen, G. bappeln, bappern, F. babiller, It. babbolare; prob. orig., to keep saying ba, imitative of a child learning to talk.]
   1. To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
   
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   2. To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.
   
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   3. To talk much; to chatter; to prate.
   
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   4. To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.
   
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   In every babbling brook he finds a friend. Wordsworth.
   
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   ☞ Hounds are said to babble, or to be babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.
   
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   Syn. -- To prate; prattle; chatter; gossip.
   
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   Babble, v. t.
   1. To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.
   
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   These [words] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot.
   
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   2. To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.
   
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   Babble, n.
   1. Idle talk; senseless prattle; gabble; twaddle. “This is mere moral babble.”  Milton.
   
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   2. Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
   
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   The babble of our young children. Darwin.
   
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   The babble of the stream. Tennyson.
   
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