Babbled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Babble \Bab"ble\ (b[a^]b"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babbled}
     (b[a^]b"b'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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     Note: 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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