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profess

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  • IPA /pɹəˈfɛs/

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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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