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Pontificate
01
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
uncountable
to pontificate
01
to state one's opinion in such a manner that shows one believes to be the only person to fully know it and be unarguably correct
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
action verb
regular
present tense
pontificate
3rd person singular
pontificates
present participle
pontificating
past simple
pontificated
past participle
pontificated
Examples
He tends to pontificate about politics as if he knows all the answers.
02
administer a pontifical office
