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

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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

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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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