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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bloviate
       v : orate verbosely and windily

















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