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profess |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Profess \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Profess \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: profess v 1: claim to be proficient 2: confess one's faith in or allegiance to "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist" 3: make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken the money" [syn: {concede}, {confess}] 4: as in religious orders take a vow
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