profess : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: profess	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for profess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profess v practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist" admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" Synonym(s): concede, profess, confess state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades" receive into a religious order or congregation take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun" 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" Synonym(s): profess, pretend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profess \Profess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[8a]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. [bd]Hear me profess* sincerely.[b8] --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.