opined

verb opined

• pronounced — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
• discoursed — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
• lectured — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
• ranted — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
• thought — Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.