professed

pro·fess

P0582100 (prə-fĕs′, prō-)v. pro·fessed, pro·fess·ing, pro·fess·es v.tr.1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major [who] professes to be a stickler when it comes to data" (Gina Maranto).2. To make a pretense of; pretend: "top officials who were deeply involved with the arms sales but later professed ignorance of them" (David Johnston).3. To practice as a profession or claim knowledge of: profess medicine.4. To affirm belief in: profess Catholicism.5. To receive into a religious order or congregation.v.intr.1. To make an open affirmation.2. To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.

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[Middle English professen, to take vows, from Old French profes, that has taken a religious vow (from Medieval Latin professus, avowed) and from Medieval Latin professāre, to administer a vow, both from Latin professus, past participle of profitērī, to affirm openly : pro-, forth; see pro-¹ + fatērī, to acknowledge; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]

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pro·fess′ed·ly (-fĕs′ĭd-lē) adv.

professed

(prəˈfɛst) adj (prenominal) 1. avowed or acknowledged2. alleged or pretended3. professing to be qualified as: a professed philosopher. 4. (Roman Catholic Church) having taken vows of a religious order professedly adv

pro•fessed

(prəˈfɛst)

adj. 1. avowed; acknowledged. 2. professing to be qualified. [1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Latin profess(us) (past participle of profitērī to declare publicly =pro- pro-¹ + -fitērī, comb. form of fatērī to acknowledge) + -ed²] pro•fess′ed•ly (-ˈfɛs ɪd-) adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	professed - professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"professional - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
	2.	professed - claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"declared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
	3.	professed - openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"avoweddeclared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"

professed

adjective1. supposed, would-be, alleged, so-called, apparent, pretended, purported, self-styled, ostensible, soi-disant (French) their professed concern for justice2. declared, confirmed, confessed, proclaimed, certified, self-confessed, avowed, self-acknowledged He was a professed anarchist.

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