pontificate, v.
(pontificated, pontificates, pontificating)
(pontificated, pontificates, pontificating)
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
<verb.communication>
pontificate
sample sentences
"The new professor always pontificates"verb frames
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semantic pointers
hypernym
administer a pontifical office
<verb.social>
pontificate
verb frames
Somebody ----s
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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