professed

pro·fess  (pr-fs, pr-)

v. pro·fessed, pro·fess·ing, pro·fess·es

v.tr.

1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major [who] professes to be a stickler when it comes to data" (Gina Maranto).

2. To make a pretense of; pretend: "top officials who were deeply involved with the arms sales but later professed ignorance of them" (David Johnston).

3.

a. To practice as a profession or claim knowledge of: profess medicine.

b. To teach (a subject) as a professor: profess literature.

4. To affirm belief in: profess Catholicism.

5. To receive into a religious order or congregation.

v.intr.

1. To make an open affirmation.

2. To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.

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[Middle English professen, to take vows, from Old French profes, that has taken a religious vow (from Medieval Latin professus, avowed) and from Medieval Latin professre, to administer a vow, both from Latin professus, past participle of profitr, to affirm openly : pro-, forth; see pro-¹ + fatr, to acknowledge; see bh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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pro·fessed·ly (-fsd-l) adv.

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professed [prəˈfɛst]

adj (prenominal)

1. avowed or acknowledged

2. alleged or pretended

3. professing to be qualified as a professed philosopher

4. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) having taken vows of a religious order

professedly  [prəˈfɛsɪdlɪ] adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	professed - professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" professional - engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualifications"; "began her professional career after the Olympics"; "professional theater"; "professional football"; "a professional cook"; "professional actors and athletes"
	2.	professed - claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions" declared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
	3.	professed - openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" avowed declared - made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"

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professed

adjective

1. supposed, would-be, alleged, so-called, apparent, pretended, purported, self-styled, ostensible, soi-disant (French) their professed concern for justice

2. declared, confirmed, confessed, proclaimed, certified, self-confessed, avowed, self-acknowledged He was a professed anarchist.

Translations

professed [prəˈfest] ADJ (Rel) → profeso; (= self-declared) → declarado (pej) (= supposed) → supuesto, ostensible

professed [prəˈfɛst] adj (= self-declared) → déclaré(e)

professed

adj → erklärt; (pej: = purported) → angeblich; a professed nun/monk (Eccl) → eine Nonne, die/ein Mönch, der die Gelübde abgelegt hat; to be a professed Christian → sich zum christlichen Glauben bekennen; he is a professed coward → er gibt zu, ein Feigling zu sein; a professed love of something → eine erklärte Liebe zu etw

professed [prəˈfɛst] adj (Rel) → professo/a; (self-declared) → dichiarato/a