professed; professing; professes
1
: to receive formally into a religious community following a novitiate by acceptance of the required vows
2
3
: to confess one's faith in or allegiance to
4
a
: to practice or claim to be versed in (a calling or profession)
b
: to teach as a professor
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Examples of profess in a Sentence
He professes confidence in his friend.
They profess loyalty to the king.
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Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2024
Netflix acknowledged the complaints registered on social media, with X users posting heavily pixelated videos professing to be of the match.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
With an arrangement that feels somewhere between a cruise on the Seine, golden-age Hollywood, and a circus, Gaga professes her purest confession of love.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Rob Rennie Los Gatos Voting for Trump is voting against vets
Twice a year, on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, Americans profess gratitude to their veterans and the fallen.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Profess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profess. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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profess
verb
pro·fess
prə-ˈfes 
1
: to declare openly or freely
profess confidence in a friend
2
: pretend entry 1 sense 1, claim
professed to be our friends
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