professed

[ pruh-fest ]

/ prəˈfɛst /

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adjective

avowed; acknowledged.

professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.

having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.

alleged; pretended.

Origin of professed

1300–50; Middle English (in religious sense) < Medieval Latin profess(us) (special use of Latin professus, past participle of profitērī to declare publicly, equivalent to pro- pro-¹ + -fet-, combining form of fatērī to acknowledge + -tus past participle suffix, with tt > ss) + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM professed

half-pro·fessed, adjective non·pro·fessed, adjective self-pro·fessed, adjective un·pro·fessed, adjective

Words nearby professed

profanity, profascist, profeminist, profert, profess, professed, professedly, profession, professional, professional association, professional corporation

Definition for professed (2 of 2)

profess

[ pruh-fes ]

/ prəˈfɛs /

verb (used with object)

to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.

to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.

to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).

to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.

to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.

to receive or admit into a religious order.

verb (used without object)

to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.

to take the vows of a religious order.

Origin of profess

1400–50; late Middle English; back formation from professed

SYNONYMS FOR profess

1 claim, allege, purport, avow.

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OTHER WORDS FROM profess

pre·pro·fess, verb (used with object) un·pro·fess·ing, adjective

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A few of these along the coast had been weaned from their wicked ways and professed and called themselves Christians.

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He was professed as a Redemptorist in 1950, and ordained a priest seven years later.

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And now he became fully conscious of the wrong he had done to her he once professed to love.

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Many of these schools claimed a place in the church, and professed a higher life and knowledge than ordinary Christians possessed.

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Though he professed to like Philip, yet he saw but little of him.

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Her professed policy was not to lean on any party, but to try and hold the balance between them.

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Next morning he was sleeping soundly, but later on he professed to be much better.

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British Dictionary definitions for professed (1 of 2)

professed

/ (prəˈfɛst) /

adjective (prenominal)

avowed or acknowledged

alleged or pretended

professing to be qualified as a professed philosopher

having taken vows of a religious order

Derived forms of professed

professedly (prəˈfɛsɪdlɪ), adverb

British Dictionary definitions for professed (2 of 2)

profess

/ (prəˈfɛs) /

verb

to affirm or announce (something, such as faith); acknowledge to profess ignorance; to profess a belief in God

(tr) to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely to profess to be a skilled driver

to receive or be received into a religious order, as by taking vows

Word Origin for profess

C14: from Latin prōfitērī to confess openly, from pro- 1 + fatērī to confess

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