professed

[ pruh-fest ]
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adjective
  1. avowed; acknowledged.

  2. professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.

  1. having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.

  2. alleged; pretended.

Origin of professed

1
1300–50; Middle English (in religious sense) <Medieval Latin profess(us) (special use of Latin professus, past participle of profitērī to declare publicly, equivalent to pro-pro-1 + -fet-, combining form of fatērī to acknowledge + -tus past participle suffix, with tt>ss) + -ed2

Other words from professed

  • half-pro·fessed, adjective
  • non·pro·fessed, adjective
  • self-pro·fessed, adjective
  • un·pro·fessed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for professed

professed

/ (prəˈfɛst) /


adjective(prenominal)
  1. avowed or acknowledged

  2. alleged or pretended

  1. professing to be qualified as: a professed philosopher

  2. having taken vows of a religious order

Derived forms of professed

  • professedly (prəˈfɛsɪdlɪ), adverb

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