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Results for: "profess"

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English definitions WordNet

VERB 7

  1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

    • “She professes organic chemistry”
  2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

    • “The terrorists professed allegiance to their country”
    • “he professes to be a Communist”
  3. admit (to a wrongdoing)

    • “She confessed that she had taken the money”
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  1. state freely

    • “The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades”
  2. receive into a religious order or congregation

  3. take vows, as in religious order

    • “she professed herself as a nun”
  4. state insincerely

    • “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”
    Synonymspretend

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