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DISPROFESS
Etymology
Verb
disprofess (third-person singular simple present disprofesses, present participle disprofessing, simple past and past participle disprofessed)
(obsolete, rare) To give up, renounce.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`pro*fess", v. t.
Definition: To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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