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professed
(encz) | professed,samozvaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Professed
(gcide) | Professed \Pro*fessed"\, a.
Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a
professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
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The professed (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the
Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under
Jesuit.
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Professed
(gcide) | Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Professed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Professing.] [F. prof[`e]s, masc., professe, fem.,
professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
Confess.]
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1. 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. "Hear me profess
sincerely." --Shak.
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The best and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.
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2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put
on or present an appearance of.
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I do profess to be no less than I seem. --Shak.
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3. 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.
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professed
(wn) | professed
adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: avowed(a),
professed(a)] |
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professedly
(mass) | professedly
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professed
(encz) | professed,samozvaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
professedly
(encz) | professedly,údajně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
avowedprenominal professedprenominal
(gcide) | declared \declared\ adj.
1. made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their
covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of
undeclared. [Narrower terms: {avowed(prenominal),
professed(prenominal)}]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. stated as fact; explicitly stated.
Syn: stated.
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Professedly
(gcide) | Professedly \Pro*fess"ed*ly\, adv.
By profession.
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The professed
(gcide) | Professed \Pro*fessed"\, a.
Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a
professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
[1913 Webster]
The professed (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the
Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under
Jesuit.
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Unprofessed
(gcide) | Unprofessed \Unprofessed\
See professed. |
professed
(wn) | professed
adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: avowed(a),
professed(a)] |
professedly
(wn) | professedly
adv 1: with pretense or intention to deceive; "is only
professedly poor"
2: by open declaration; "their policy has been avowedly
Marxist"; "Susan Smith was professedly guilty of the murders"
[syn: avowedly, professedly] |
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