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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Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 1 Oct. 2024
In a world where even those who profess to love movies largely stream them at home, Here is a picture that demands big-screen real estate.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Trump is only able to convince her to stay with him after chasing her into the street and professing his love.
—Mike Miller, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Businesses also wrestle with their public-facing brand and their operations behind the curtain (to borrow a turn of phrase from The Wizard of Oz, which Lynch professes to think about every day).
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Profess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profess. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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