Definition of Professes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of profess) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Professes

1. profess [v] - See also: profess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Professes

profectitious
profeminism
profeminist
profeminists
profer
proferens
proferred
proferring
profers
profert
proferts
profess
professed
professed(a)
professedly
professes
professing
profession
professional
professional baseball
professional basketball
professional boxing
professional dancer
professional football
professional foul
professional golf
professional golfer

Literary usage of Professes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles John Crompton, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1835)
"... professes to justify; and that you are to look to the intro- Etch. of ductory part of it to see what the plea professes to justify ? ..."

2. The Lancet (1842)
"If Mr. Hill declines giving any information upon a mode of treatment of which be professes himself to be the originator, will your anonymous correspondent ..."

3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"In the edition of Asser which he printed at Frankfort, he professes in his preface to follow, and actually does follow, Archbishop Parker's edition; ..."

4. The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"The hereditary prince of Hesse- Cassel professes the Roman Catholic religion—§ XXXIX. Parliament of Paris recalled from exile—§ XL. ..."

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