Professes - English meaning
Professes – definitions in English dictionary
verbClaim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case.
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He had professed his love for her only to walk awayverbAffirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs).
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A people professing christianityverbTeach (a subject) as a professor.
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A professor—what does he profess?
verbTo claim something, sometimes falsely
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[ + to infinitive ] they professed to have no knowledge of the event., [ t ] she continues to profe…
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Word origin
Middle English (as be professed ‘be received into a religious order’): from Latin profess- ‘declared publicly’, from the verb profiteri, from pro- ‘before’ + fateri ‘confess’.
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