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1. (v.t.) profess
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to:
He professed regret.
2. profess
to declare openly; announce or affirm:
to profess one's satisfaction.
3. profess
to affirm one's faith in (a religion, God, etc.).
4. profess
to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have good knowledge of.
5. profess
to receive into a religious order.
6. (v.i.) profess
to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
7. profess
to take the vows of a religious order.
Etymology: (1400–50; back formation from professed)
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| Definition of 'profess' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) profess
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
"She professes organic chemistry"
2. (verb) profess
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
"The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
3. (verb) concede, profess, confess
admit (to a wrongdoing)
"She confessed that she had taken the money"
4. (verb) profess
state freely
"The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
5. (verb) profess
receive into a religious order or congregation
6. (verb) profess
take vows, as in religious order
"she professed herself as a nun"
7. (verb) profess, pretend
state insincerely
"He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
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| Definition of 'profess' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) profess
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
2. (verb) profess
to set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of
3. (verb) profess
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
4. (verb) profess
to take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess
5. (verb) profess
to declare friendship
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Sense: to state or declare openly.
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 Afrikaans: verklaar |
 Arabic: يُعْلِن |
 Bulgarian: заявявам |
 Brazilian: declarar |
 Czech: prohlásit, vyznat se (z) |
 German: öffentlich erklären |
 Danish: erklære |
 Greek: διακηρύσσω, ομολογώ ανοιχ |
 Spanish: profesar |
 Estonian: avalikult tunnistama |
 Farsi: اعلام کردن |
 Finnish: ilmaista |
 French: professer |
 Hebrew: לְהַכרִיז, לְהַבִּיע |
 Hindi: दावा करना |
 Hungarian: kijelent |
 Indonesian: menyatakan |
 Icelandic: lÿsa yfir |
 Italian: professare, dichiarare |
 Japanese: はっきりと言う |
 Korean: 공언하다 |
 Lithuanian: atvirai skelbti/pareikšti |
 Latvian: atklāti paziņot/atzīt |
 Malay: mengaku bahawa |
 Dutch: verklaren |
 Norwegian: erklære |
 Polish: oświadczyć |
 Persian: اعلام کردن |
 Pashto: اعلامول |
 Portuguese: declarar |
 Romanian: a declara deschis |
 Russian: открыто заявлять |
 Slovak: vyhlásiť, tvrdiť |
 Slovenian: izjaviti |
 Serbian: izjasniti se |
 Swedish: förklara, tillkännage |
 Thai: ปฏิญาณตน |
 Turkish: açıkça söylemek |
 Taiwanese: 承認 |
 Ukrainian: відкрито визнавати |
 Urdu: اعلان کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tuyên bố |
 Chinese: 承认 |
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