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PROFESSED
professed, avowed(a)
(adjective) openly declared as such; “an avowed enemy”; “her professed love of everything about that country”; “McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist”
professed
(adjective) claimed with intent to deceive; “his professed intentions”
professed
(adjective) professing to be qualified; “a professed philosopher”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
professed (comparative more professed, superlative most professed)
Openly declared or acknowledged.
Professing to be qualified.
Verb
professed
simple past tense and past participle of profess
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*fessed", a.
Definition: Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. The professed (R. C. Ch.) , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.
PROFESS
Pro*fess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Professed; p. pr. & vb. n. Professing.] Etym: [F. profès, 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. "Hear me profess sincerely." Shak. The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. Milton.
2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of. I do profess to be no less than I seem. Shak.
3. To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
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