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    bloviate
    [ verb ]
    orate verbosely and windily
    <verb.communication>


    bloviate \blo"vi*ate\ (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
    {bloviated} (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]*t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
    {bloviating} (bl[=o]"v[i^]*[=a]*t[i^]ng).]
    To orate pompously; -- used especially of politicians and
    news commentators. --Frank Rich (N. Y. Times Jan. 6, 1999, p.
    A23) -- {blo"vi*a*tor}, n. -- {blo"vi*a*tion}, n.
    [PJC]

    ``We've had almost three weeks of lawyers bloviating
    about what the facts in the case are,'' Mr. Rogan said.
    ``Wouldn't it be easier to bring the witnesses?''
    --Quoted by
    Eric Schmitt
    in (The New
    York Times),
    Jan 22, 1999,
    p. A15.

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