
1) Affirm 2) Affirm openly 3) Announce or affirm 4) Claim 5) Claim openly 6) Claim to have knowledge of 7) French word used in English 8) Maintain 9) To declare openly
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1) Allege 2) Assert 3) Aver 4) Avow 5) Claim 6) Concede 7) Maintain
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• (v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of. • (v. t.) 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. • (v. i.) To declare friendship. • (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proc...
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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.' 'The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.' (Milton) ... 2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an ...
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Pro·fess' intransitive verb 1. To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.
Drayton. 2. To declare friendship. [ Obsolete]
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Pro·fess' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Professed ;
present participle & verbal noun Professing .] [ French
profès , masc.,
professe , fem., professed (monk or nun), Latin
professus , past participl...
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[
v] - as in religious orders 2. [v] - claim to be proficient 3. [v] - confess one`s faith in, or allegiance to
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profess 1. To declare openly, announce, affirm; to avow, acknowledge, confess oneself to be (or do) something. 2. To affirm or declare one`s faith in or allegiance to; to acknowledge or formally recognize as an object of faith or belief (a religion, principle, rule of action; God, Christ, a saint, etc.).
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to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret. · to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction. · to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.). · to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's pr...
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