profess 音标拼音: [prəf'ɛs]
vt . 声称,以…为业,伪称,讲授
vi . 表白,承认,当教授
声称,以…为业,伪称,讲授表白,承认,当教授
profess v 1 :
practice as a profession ,
teach ,
or claim to be knowledgeable about ; "
She professes organic chemistry "
2 :
confess one '
s faith in ,
or allegiance to ; "
The terrorists professed allegiance to their country "; "
he professes to be a Communist "
3 :
admit (
to a wrongdoing ); "
She confessed that she had taken the money " [
synonym : {
concede }, {
profess }, {
confess }]
4 :
state freely ; "
The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades "
5 :
receive into a religious order or congregation 6 :
take vows ,
as in religious order ; "
she professed herself as a nun "
7 :
state insincerely ; "
He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt "; "
She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber "; "
She pretends to be an expert on wine " [
synonym :
{
profess }, {
pretend }]
Profess \
Pro *
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s "),
v .
i .
1 .
To take a profession upon one '
s self by a public declaration ;
to confess . --
Drayton .
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2 .
To declare friendship . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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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 }.]
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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 .
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The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only ,
that he nothing knew . --
Milton .
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2 .
To set up a claim to ;
to make presence to ;
hence ,
to put on or present an appearance of .
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I do profess to be no less than I seem . --
Shak .
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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 .
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82 Moby Thesaurus words for "
profess ":
act ,
act a part ,
affect ,
affirm ,
allege ,
announce ,
annunciate ,
argue ,
assert ,
assever ,
asseverate ,
assume ,
aver ,
avouch ,
avow ,
bluff ,
claim ,
confess ,
confirm ,
contend ,
counterfeit ,
cover up ,
declare ,
depose ,
dissemble ,
dissimulate ,
enunciate ,
express ,
express the belief ,
fake ,
feign ,
four -
flush ,
gammon ,
have ,
hold ,
insist ,
issue a manifesto ,
lay down ,
let on ,
let on like ,
maintain ,
make a pretense ,
make as if ,
make believe ,
make like ,
manifesto ,
offer ,
play ,
play a part ,
play possum ,
playact ,
predicate ,
present ,
pretend ,
pretext ,
proclaim ,
proffer ,
pronounce ,
protest ,
protest too much ,
purport ,
put ,
put forward ,
put it ,
put on ,
say ,
set down ,
set forth ,
sham ,
simulate ,
speak ,
speak out ,
speak up ,
stand for ,
stand on ,
state ,
submit ,
swear ,
tender ,
utter ,
vow ,
warrant
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