profess

[ pruh-fes ]
/ prəˈfɛs /

verb (used with object)

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM profess

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

Words nearby profess

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

Words related to professing

feign, pretend, stump, affirm, confess, acknowledge, proclaim, admit, avow, claim, predicate, certify, purport, depose, avouch, confirm, own, state, spiel, croon

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British Dictionary definitions for professing

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