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pontify

pontify verb: to pontificate.

Verb

pontify (third-person singular simple present pontifies, present participle pontifying, simple past and past participle pontified)

  1. To pontificate.

Forms of pontify

third-person singular presentpontifies
present participlepontifying
past participlepontified
pastpontified

Origin of pontify

From pontiff + -fy.

Questions about pontify

What does pontify mean?
Pontify means to pontificate.
What part of speech is pontify?
Pontify is a verb.
What is the past tense of pontify?
The past tense of pontify is pontified.

Words near pontify in the dictionary

  1. pontifician
  2. pontificians
  3. pontificious
  4. pontified
  5. pontifies
  6. pontify
  7. pontifying
  8. pontil
  9. pontil mark
  10. pontil marks
  11. pontile

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