Opine is a verb that means to hold and or state as an opinion.

The Latin word opinari (oh pee NAR ee) means ‘think or believe.’ This word gave birth to our word of the day, which is closely related to the word ‘opinion.’ When a person opines, they are formulating or expressing what they think or believe.

For example: I wasn’t expecting our economics professor to opine on the latest bill in congress, but I had no problem with that. It is sometimes helpful to know what a professor believes in order to ingest the lesson.