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单词 profess
释义 profess
 /preuh fes"/,  v.t.  
  1. to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
  2. to declare openly; announce or affirm; avow or acknowledge: to profess one's satisfaction.
  3. to affirm faith in or allegiance to (a religion, God, etc.).
  4. to declare oneself skilled or expert in; claim to have knowledge of; make (a thing) one's profession or business.
  5. to teach as a professor: She professes comparative literature.
  6. to receive or admit into a religious order.
  v.i.  
  7. to make a profession, avowal, or declaration.
  8. to take the vows of a religious order.
 [1400-50; late ME; back formation from PROFESSED]
 Syn. 1. claim, allege, purport, avow.
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