The verb is pronounced /pɒntɪfɪkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /pɒntɪfɪkət/.
( pontificated)
1.
If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them. ( FORMAL )
Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
VERB : V about/on n , also V
2.
The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope.
Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.
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