Professed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  professed
       adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" [syn:
              {professed(a)}]
       2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
          [syn: {professed(a)}]
       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)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "professed":
     accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed,
     announced, apparent, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested,
     authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, certified, claimed,
     conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed,
     endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only,
     manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended,
     pretexted, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized,
     sealed, self-styled, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated,
     supposed, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten,
     validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, would-be