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Meaning of 'profess' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Profess [ v. i.]
- To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
- To declare friendship.
2 . Profess [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
- 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.

Meaning of 'profess' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . profess [ v]
Meaning (1):
- state insincerely
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
Example in sentence:
  • he professes to be a Communist;
  • The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
Meaning (3):
- admit (to a wrongdoing)
Example in sentence:
  • She confessed that she had taken the money
Meaning (4):
- take vows, as in religious order
Example in sentence:
  • she professed herself as a nun
Meaning (5):
- practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
Example in sentence:
  • She professes organic chemistry
Meaning (6):
- state freely
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades

Nearby Words:

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