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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
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.
The best and wisest of them all professed To know
this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. i.
1. To take a profession upon one's self by a public
declaration; to confess. --Drayton.
2. To declare friendship. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
profess
v 1: claim to be proficient
2: confess one's faith in or allegiance to "The terrorists
professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes
to be a Communist"
3: make a clean breast of "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: {concede}, {confess}]
4: as in religious orders take a vow
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