To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
Infinitivepontificate
Past simplepontificated
Past participlepontificated
-ing formpontificating
Full conjugation of the English verb to pontificate (past simple pontificated,
past participle pontificated):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
pontificate
you
pontificate
he/she/it
pontificates
we
pontificate
you
pontificate
they
pontificate
Present continuous
I
am pontificating
you
are pontificating
he/she/it
is pontificating
we
are pontificating
you
are pontificating
they
are pontificating
Present perfect
I
have pontificated
you
have pontificated
he/she/it
has pontificated
we
have pontificated
you
have pontificated
they
have pontificated
Present perfect continuous
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 simple
I
pontificated
you
pontificated
he/she/it
pontificated
we
pontificated
you
pontificated
they
pontificated
Past continuous
I
was pontificating
you
were pontificating
he/she/it
was pontificating
we
were pontificating
you
were pontificating
they
were pontificating
Past perfect
I
had pontificated
you
had pontificated
he/she/it
had pontificated
we
had pontificated
you
had pontificated
they
had pontificated
Past perfect continuous
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 simple
I
will pontificate
you
will pontificate
he/she/it
will pontificate
we
will pontificate
you
will pontificate
they
will pontificate
Future continuous
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 pontificated
you
will have pontificated
he/she/it
will have pontificated
we
will have pontificated
you
will have pontificated
they
will have pontificated
Future perfect continuous
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 pontificate
you
would pontificate
he/she/it
would pontificate
we
would pontificate
you
would pontificate
they
would pontificate
Present continuous
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 pontificated
you
would have pontificated
he/she/it
would have pontificated
we
would have pontificated
you
would have pontificated
they
would have pontificated
Perfect continuous
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
Subjunctive
Present
that I
pontificate
that you
pontificate
that he/she/it
pontificate
that we
pontificate
that you
pontificate
that they
pontificate
Past
if I
pontificated
if you
pontificated
if he/she/it
pontificated
if we
pontificated
if you
pontificated
if they
pontificated
Imperative
Affirmative
you
pontificate
we
let's pontificate
Negative
you
don't pontificate
we
let's not pontificate
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to pontificate
Perfect infinitive
to have pontificated
Present participle / gerund
pontificating
Past participle
pontificated
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