Usually means: Speak authoritatively, often excessively so.
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  1. pontificate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pontificate: Merriam-Webster
  3. pontificate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pontificate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. pontificate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pontificate: Wiktionary
  10. pontificate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pontificate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. Pontificate, pontificate: Dictionary.com
  14. pontificate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pontificate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pontificate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pontificate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pontificate: Rhymezone
  19. pontificate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pontificate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pontificate: FreeDictionary.org
  22. pontificate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Pontificate: The Word Detective
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  25. pontificate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. pontificate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pontificated as well.)

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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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