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profess
[pruh-fes]
verb (used with object)
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to.
He professed extreme regret.
to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge.
to profess one's satisfaction.
to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
to teach as a professor.
She professes comparative literature.
to receive or admit into a religious order.
verb (used without object)
to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
to take the vows of a religious order.
profess
/ prəˈfɛs /
verb
to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge
to profess ignorance
to profess a belief in God
(tr) to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely
to profess to be a skilled driver
to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows
Other Word Forms
- preprofess verb (used with object)
- unprofessing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of profess1
Example Sentences
“The funding freezes could and likely will harm the very people Defendants professed to be protecting,” she wrote.
Blenkin’s Prodigy CEO joins an array of current TV and movie supervillains modeled on Musk – men who profess a keen interest in changing society for the better, only to take much more than they give.
The Republicans of the modern era — and you can find examples of this throughout the country’s history — have no stand on their professed principles.
Once lawfully allowed in with provisional humanitarian status, they found our church — where they could be baptized and publicly profess their faith in Jesus — and legal help to begin their asylum request.
“Miracles still happen,” Pellegrino, a professed Catholic, said in a phone interview Wednesday evening.
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