professed
Use Professed in a sentence
adjective
1.
avowed; acknowledged.
2.
professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
3.
having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
4.
alleged; pretended.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
half-pro·fessed, adjective
non·pro·fessed, adjective
self-pro·fessed, adjective
un·pro·fessed, adjective
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verb (used with object)
1.
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
2.
to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.
3.
to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
4.
to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
5.
to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.
verb (used without object)
7.
to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
8.
to take the vows of a religious order.
Related forms
pre·pro·fess, verb (used with object)
un·pro·fess·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. claim, allege, purport, avow.
1. claim, allege, purport, avow.
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profess (prəˈfɛs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge: to profess ignorance; to profess a belief in God |
| 2. | (tr) to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely: to profess to be a skilled driver |
| 3. | to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows |
| [C14: from Latin prōfitērī to confess openly, from | |
| professed (prəˈfɛst) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | avowed or acknowledged |
| 2. | alleged or pretended |
| 3. | professing to be qualified as: a professed philosopher |
| 4. | having taken vows of a religious order |
| professedly | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
The government's professed target is extremist dogma.
Actual nonprofit work is undertaken by a relatively limited number of people who have a professed political investment in it.
No one would want to dampen a network executive's professed optimism.
Most condemn such excesses and have, in the past, generally professed an aversion to politics.
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