Usually means: Speaks in an authoritative manner.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pontificate)

noun:  The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
verb:  (intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
verb:  (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
verb:  (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
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