profess

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Synonyms: prowess, process, profes, profesh, profest, provess

Antonyms: prowess, process, profes, profesh, profest, provess

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|passive}} To [[administer]] the [[vow]]s of a [[religious order]] to (someone); to admit to a [[religious order]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|reflexive}} To [[declare]] oneself (to be something). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[declare]]; to [[assert]], [[affirm]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make a [[claim]] (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To declare one's [[adherence]] to (a religion, deity, principle etc.). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To work as a [[professor]] of; to [[teach]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|transitive|now|_|rare}} To claim to have [[knowledge]] or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}

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