Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - profess
Profess
profess
v. 1 tr. claim openly to have (a quality or feeling). 2 tr. (foll. by to + infin.) pretend. 3 tr. declare (profess ignorance). 4 tr. affirm one's faith in or allegiance to. 5 tr. receive into a religious order under vows. 6 tr. have as one's profession or business. 7 a tr. teach (a subject) as a professor. b intr. perform the duties of a professor. Etymology: ME f. L profiteri profess- declare publicly (as PRO-(1), fateri confess)
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verb see: confess Date: 14th century transitive verb to receive formally into a religious community following a novitiate by acceptance of the required vows, 2. to declare or admit openly or freely ; affirm, to declare in words or appearances only ; pretend, claim, to confess one's faith in or allegiance to, 4. to practice or claim to be versed in (a calling or ~ion), to teach as a ~or, intransitive verb to make a ~ion or avowal, to ~ friendship ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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