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Definition of Profess
1. Verb. Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about. "They profess to move "; "She professes organic chemistry"
2. Verb. Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to. "He professes to be a Communist"
3. Verb. Admit (to a wrongdoing). "She confessed that she had taken the money"
Generic synonyms: Acknowledge, Admit
Specialized synonyms: Fess Up, Make A Clean Breast Of, Own Up
Derivative terms: Confession, Confession, Confessor, Profession
4. Verb. State freely. "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
5. Verb. Receive into a religious order or congregation.
6. Verb. Take vows, as in religious order. "She professed herself as a nun"
7. Verb. State insincerely. "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
Definition of Profess
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
Definition of Profess
1. Verb. (transitive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.) (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To declare; to assert, affirm. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To make a claim (to be something), to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
7. Verb. (context: transitive now rare) To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Profess
1. to affirm openly [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profess
Literary usage of Profess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"A Warning to all that profess Christianity, and others, ... ALL people that do
profess Christ, and christianity, this is a warning to you all, ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"Then we shall not permit those in whom we profess to take an interest, and whom
we desire to become good men, to imitate a woman, being themselves men, ..."
3. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1867)
"CHAP. XII. »r dishonest purpose. §162. Whether nn alliance may be contracted with
those who do not profess the true religion. [196] J 163. ..."
4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"So deceit bears ' with deceit, yet they profess Christ in words. Oh ! the deceit
that is ' within thee ! It even breaks my heart to see how God is ..."
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