PROFESS


Meaning of PROFESS in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.