Hypertext Webster Gateway: "professed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[`e]s, masc., professe, fem.,
professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to
profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See
{Confess}.]
1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge,
belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess
publicly; to own or admit freely. ``Hear me profess
sincerely.'' --Shak.

The best and wisest of them all professed To know
this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

professed
adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" [syn:
{professed(a)}]
2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
[syn: {professed(a)}]
3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed
love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was
assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: {avowed(a)},
{professed(a)}]


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