profess
transitive verb
- to make an open declaration of; affirm: to profess one's love
- to claim to have (some feeling, an interest, knowledge, etc.): often connoting insincerity or pretense
- to practice as one's profession
- to declare one's belief in: to profess Christianity
- to accept into a religious order
intransitive verb
- to make profession, or affirmation
- to make one's profession (sense )
See profess in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(prə-fĕsˈ, prō-)
verb pro·fessed,
pro·fess·ing,
pro·fess·es verb, transitive- To affirm openly; declare or claim: “a physics major [who] professes to be a stickler when it comes to data” (Gina Maranto).
- To make a pretense of; pretend: “top officials who were deeply involved with the arms sales but later professed ignorance of them” (David Johnston).
a. To practice as a profession or claim knowledge of: profess medicine.
b. To teach (a subject) as a professor: profess literature.
- To affirm belief in: profess Catholicism.
- To receive into a religious order or congregation.
verb, intransitive- To make an open affirmation.
- To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.
Related Forms:
- pro·fessˈed·ly (-fĕsˈĭd-lē) adverb
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