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1. profess
verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.
Antonyms
Etymology
- professer (Anglo-Norman)
Rhymes with Profess
- transgress
- nevertheless
- stds
- nonetheless
- l'express
- dispossess
- convalesce
- tcas
- simplesse
- repossess
- reinvests
- progress
- kjos
- hces
- express'
- express
- distress
- compress
- cmos
- adss
- abts
- uys
- uss
- undress
- suppress
- suggests
- success
- requests
- repress
- regress
How do you pronounce profess?
Pronounce profess as prəˈfɛs.
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Sentences with profess
1. Verb, base form
They celebrate the same sacraments and profess the same apostolic faith as all Roman Catholics across the world.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Those who profess a belief in Lemuria say that it predated Atlantis and that its real name is Mu.
Quotes about profess
1. I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest difficulty in understanding what is meant by the words ‘spiritual’ or ‘spirituality.'[Interview, The New Yorker, Dec. 26, 2005]
- Philip Pullman
2. I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.
- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
3. Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.
- Thomas de Quincey
2. profess
verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.
Antonyms
Etymology
- professer (Anglo-Norman)
4. profess
verb. ['prəˈfɛs'] take vows, as in religious order.
Synonyms
Etymology
- professer (Anglo-Norman)
