profess
11profess — pro|fess [prəˈfes] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: professus, past participle of profiteri to profess, confess ] 1.) to say that you do, are etc something, especially when it is not really true profess to do/be sth ▪ The… …
12profess — [[t]prəfe̱s[/t]] professes, professing, professed 1) VERB If you profess to do or have something, you claim that you do it or have it, often when you do not. [FORMAL] [V to inf] She professed to hate her nickname... [V that] Why do organisations… …
13profess — UK [prəˈfes] / US verb [transitive] Word forms profess : present tense I/you/we/they profess he/she/it professes present participle professing past tense professed past participle professed formal 1) to claim something, especially when it is not… …
14Profess — Pro|fẹss I 〈f.; , se〉 Ablegung der Ordensgelübde II 〈m.; en, en〉 Klostermitglied, das die Ordensgelübde abgelegt hat [zu I: <lat. professio „Bekenntnis“; zu profiteri „öffentlich bekennen“; zu II: <lat. professus „einer, der ein öffentl.… …
15profess — verb (T) formal 1 (T) to make a claim about something, especially a false one: profess to do sth: Leon professes to love his son, but he shows precious little evidence of it. | profess to be sth: Tusker professed to be an expert on Islamic art. 2 …
16profess — verb Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from profes, adjective, having professed one s vows, from Anglo French, from Late Latin professus, from Latin, past participle of profitēri to profess, confess, from pro before + fatēri to… …
17Profess — 1Pro|fess der; en, en <aus mlat. professus, Part. Perf. von profiteri »sich auf die Klostergelübde verpflichten« zu lat. profiteri, vgl. ↑Profession> jmd., der die 2Profess ablegt u. Mitglied eines geistlichen Ordens od. einer ↑Kongregation …
18profess — pro|fess [ prə fes ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to claim something, especially when it is not true: Many wildlife smugglers profess to have an interest in conservation. 2. ) to admit publicly that you have a particular feeling or belief: He… …
19profess — [14] Profess comes from prōfessus, the past participle of Latin prōfitērī ‘declare publicly’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forth, in public’ and fatērī ‘acknowledge, confess’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate… …
20profess — [14] Profess comes from prōfessus, the past participle of Latin prōfitērī ‘declare publicly’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forth, in public’ and fatērī ‘acknowledge, confess’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate… …
