PROFESSED

/pษนษ™หˆfษ›st/
15
Scrabble
16
WWF
P(3) R(1) O(1) F(4) E(1) S(1) S(1) E(1) D(2)
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Definition

/pษนษ™หˆfษ›st/
verb
  1. To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
  2. To declare oneself (to be something).
  3. To declare; to assert, affirm.
  4. To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
  5. To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
adjective
  1. Openly declared or acknowledged.
    “His professed religion was Catholicism.”
  2. Professing to be qualified.
    “She is a professed expert in mechanics.”

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