professed
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
professed
adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: {avowed(a)},
{professed(a)}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[`e]s, masc., professe, fem.,
professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
{Confess}.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
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The best and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.
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2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put
on or present an appearance of.
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I do profess to be no less than I seem. --Shak.
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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.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "professed":
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed,
announced, apparent, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested,
authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, certified, claimed,
conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed,
endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only,
manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended,
pretexted, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized,
sealed, self-styled, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated,
supposed, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten,
validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, would-be
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