DISPROFESSED

Verb

disprofessed

simple past tense and past participle of disprofess

Source: Wiktionary


DISPROFESS

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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BEATIFY

(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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