professed

Definition of Professed in English :

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Adjective

1. professed

professing to be qualified

Example Sentences:
'a professed philosopher'

2. professed

claimed with intent to deceive

Example Sentences:
'his professed intentions'

3. avowed, professed

openly declared as such

Example Sentences:
'an avowed enemy'
'her professed love of everything about that country'
'McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Professed

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adjective (prenominal)

1.

avowed or acknowledged

2.

alleged or pretended

3.

professing to be qualified as

a professed philosopher

4.

having taken vows of a religious order

Professed

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adjective

1.

openly declared; avowed

2.

insincerely avowed; pretended

3.

having made one's profession (sense 4)

4.

professing to be duly qualified

a professed economist

Professed

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

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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