About The Word Profess

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Profess

Profess Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Profess?
[v] confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"
[v] make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money" [v] claim to be proficient [v] as in religious orders; take a vow Synonyms | Synonyms for Profess: concede | confess Related Terms | Find terms related to Profess: See Also | acknowledge | admit | claim | declare | vow Profess In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[`e]s, masc., professe, fem.,
professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
{Confess}.]
1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge,
belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess
publicly; to own or admit freely. ``Hear me profess
sincerely.'' --Shak.
The best and wisest of them all professed To know
this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.
2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put
on or present an appearance of.
I do profess to be no less than I seem. --Shak.
3. To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed
in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to
set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self
to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's
self a physician.
\Pro*fess"\, v. i. 1. To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess. --Drayton. 2. To declare friendship. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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