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Profess
/pɹəˈfɛs/
To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
📖 Definitions of "Profess"
verb
- 1
To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
- 2
To declare oneself (to be something).
- 3
To declare; to assert, affirm.
- 4
To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
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