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blo⋅vi⋅ate

  [bloh-vee-eyt]
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–verb (used without object), ‑at⋅ed, ‑at⋅ing.
to speak pompously.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; pseudo-L alter. of blow to boast; popularized by W. G. Harding

Related forms:
blo⋅vi⋅a⋅tion, noun
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blo·vi·ate   (blō'vē-āt')   
intr.v.   blo·vi·at·ed, blo·vi·at·ing, blo·vi·ates Slang
To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: "the rural Babbitt who bloviates about 'progress' and 'growth'" (George Rebeck).

[Mock-Latinate formation, from blow1.]
blo'vi·a'tion n.
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