pontificate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of pontificate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to pontificate
Participle: pontificated
Gerund: pontificating

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

I	pontificate
you	pontificate
he;she;it	pontificates
we	pontificate
you	pontificate
they	pontificate

Perfect

I	have pontificated
you	have pontificated
he;she;it	has pontificated
we	have pontificated
you	have pontificated
they	have pontificated

Past

I	pontificated
you	pontificated
he;she;it	pontificated
we	pontificated
you	pontificated
they	pontificated

Pluperfect

I	had pontificated
you	had pontificated
he;she;it	had pontificated
we	had pontificated
you	had pontificated
they	had pontificated

Future

I	will pontificate
you	will pontificate
he;she;it	will pontificate
we	will pontificate
you	will pontificate
they	will pontificate

Future Perfect

I	will have pontificated
you	will have pontificated
he;she;it	will have pontificated
we	will have pontificated
you	will have pontificated
they	will have pontificated

Subjunctive

Present

I	pontificate
you	pontificate
he;she;it	pontificate
we	pontificate
you	pontificate
they	pontificate

Perfect

I	have pontificated
you	have pontificated
he;she;it	have pontificated
we	have pontificated
you	have pontificated
they	have pontificated

Imperfect

I	pontificated
you	pontificated
he;she;it	pontificated
we	pontificated
you	pontificated
they	pontificated

Pluperfect

I	had pontificated
you	had pontificated
he;she;it	had pontificated
we	had pontificated
you	had pontificated
they	had pontificated

Conditional

Present

I	would pontificate
you	would pontificate
he;she;it	would pontificate
we	would pontificate
you	would pontificate
they	would pontificate

Perfect

I	would have pontificated
you	would have pontificated
he;she;it	would have pontificated
we	would have pontificated
you	would have pontificated
they	would have pontificated

Imperative

you	pontificate
we	Let's pontificate
you	pontificate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

I	am pontificating
you	are pontificating
he;she;it	is pontificating
we	are pontificating
you	are pontificating
they	are pontificating

Perfect

I	have been pontificating
you	have been pontificating
he;she;it	has been pontificating
we	have been pontificating
you	have been pontificating
they	have been pontificating

Past

I	was pontificating
you	were pontificating
he;she;it	was pontificating
we	were pontificating
you	were pontificating
they	were pontificating

Pluperfect

I	had been pontificating
you	had been pontificating
he;she;it	had been pontificating
we	had been pontificating
you	had been pontificating
they	had been pontificating

Future

I	will be pontificating
you	will be pontificating
he;she;it	will be pontificating
we	will be pontificating
you	will be pontificating
they	will be pontificating

Future Perfect

I	will have been pontificating
you	will have been pontificating
he;she;it	will have been pontificating
we	will have been pontificating
you	will have been pontificating
they	will have been pontificating

Conditional

Present

I	would be pontificating
you	would be pontificating
he;she;it	would be pontificating
we	would be pontificating
you	would be pontificating
they	would be pontificating

Perfect

I	would have been pontificating
you	would have been pontificating
he;she;it	would have been pontificating
we	would have been pontificating
you	would have been pontificating
they	would have been pontificating

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'pontificate'

abacinate, abalienate, abase, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, abduce, aberrate, aberuncate, abirritate, abjudge, abjudicate, abjugate, abjure, ablactate, ablaqueate, able, ablegate, abligate, abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'pontificate'

beatificate, certificate, justificate, laetificate, modificate, munificate, nostrificate, pacificate, petrificate, posticipate,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

to talk too much; to talk idly: orate, speechify, prattle

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Medieval Latin pontificō, from Latin pontifex (“high priest”), from pons (“bridge”) + facere (“make”).

Sample Sentences

During a policy discussion awhile^([sic]) back about New York issues, when Mr. Clinton began to pontificate, she told him that he did not exactly know what he was talking about and to hush up. [2007 May 13, Patrick Healy, “In New Role, Senator Clinton’s Strategist in Chief”, in New York Times:]
"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag." [2014 January 16, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 482 - Blood:]