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[ pruh-fes ] / prəˈfɛs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR profess ON THESAURUS.COM
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. Origin of profess1400–50; late Middle English; back formation from professed SYNONYMS FOR profess1 claim, allege, purport, avow. SEE SYNONYMS FOR profess ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM professpre·pro·fess, verb (used with object)un·pro·fess·ing, adjectiveWords nearby professprofanity, profascist, profeminist, Prof. Eng., profert, profess, professed, professedly, profession, professional, professional association Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for professThen one daring, possibly planted, spectator interrupted the show to profess her crush. The Bachelor Farmville: No One Wants to Watch Chris Soules Plant His Seed|Brandy Zadrozny|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST To them, a politician is supposed to play it safe and profess as his goals only those things that are potentially attainable. Obama’s 2024 Strategy|Michael Tomasky|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST Those who profess to know him well, display dismay that he could have such an extraordinary lapse in discipline and control. Petraeus Affair Stereotypes: The General, The Flirt And The Harlot|Robin Givhan|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Similarly, the thirty-nine framers at Philadelphia were allowed to profess their faith even in the public square. The Constitution and the Candidates: Race, Religion, Romney, and Ryan|Akhil Reed Amar|August 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But will his poetic voice that you profess to love so much change now that his political voice has? Broadway's Comeback Kid|Kevin Sessums|November 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST But note this; he had not, did not profess to have, definite convictions upon the most important of all truths. Modern Skepticism|C. J. Ellicott Though they profess to despise theory, they are, in reality, enslaved by it. History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle They do not profess to compete with the so-called cheap volumes. The Lieutenant and Commander|Basil Hall You profess to consider me as having given you "an invitation." Correspondence, between the late Commodore Stephen Decatur and Commodore James Barron|Stephen Decatur Can you fully trust me, and thoroughly rely on what I profess, Esther? Bleak House|Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for profess
verbto affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledgeto 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 falselyto profess to be a skilled driver to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows Word Origin for professC14: from Latin prōfitērī to confess openly, from pro- 1 + fatērī to confess Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to professfeign, pretend, stump, affirm, confess, acknowledge, proclaim, admit, avow, claim, predicate, certify, purport, depose, avouch, confirm, own, state, spiel, croon |