PROFESS


Meaning of PROFESS in English

/preuh fes"/ , v.t.

1. to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.

2. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.

3. to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).

4. to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.

5. to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.

6. to receive or admit into a religious order.

v.i.

7. to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.

8. to take the vows of a religious order.

[ 1400-50; late ME; back formation from PROFESSED ]

Syn. 1. claim, allege, purport, avow.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .