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professed 音标拼音: [prəf'ɛst] a. 明言的,公然的,宣誓后入教的 明言的,公然的,宣誓後入教的 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" [ synonym: { avowed( a)}, { professed( a)}] Professed \ Pro* fessed"\, a. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. [ 1913 Webster] { The professed} ( R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under { Jesuit}. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of. [ 1913 Webster] I do profess to be no less than I seem. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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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