01 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.
imp. & p. p.
Professed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Professing
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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.“The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.” — Milton.
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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.
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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.