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pontificate
verb
Reveal meaning and examples
To express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic manner.
He preferred to pontificate about writing rather than revise his own draft.
Dictionary practice example.
One participant became pedantic, interrupting the discussion to insist on a minor formatting rule that did not affect the argument. Another began to pontificate about what all serious writers should believe, though nobody had asked for a speech on the proper purpose of literature.
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