Verb

(babbl)

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as, a child babbles .

To talk incoherently; to utter unmeaning words.

To talk much; to chatter; to prate.

To make a continuous murmuring noise, as shallow water running over stones.

:* In every babbling brook he finds a friend. - .

Hounds are said to babble,''' or to be '''babbling, when they are too noisy after having found a good scent.

To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat, as words, in a childish way without understanding.

:* These words he used to babble in all companies. - .

To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

Verb

(en verb)

(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).

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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.

(Waller)

(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).