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TIL: profess /prəˈfɛs/ verb 1. claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case. "he had professed his love for her only to
by openfuture 8y ago
TIL:
profess
/prəˈfɛs/
verb
1.
claim that one has (a quality or feeling), especially when this is not the case.
"he had professed his love for her only to walk away"
synonyms: declare, announce, proclaim, assert, state, affirm, avow, maintain,
protest, aver, vow;
2.
affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs).
"a people professing Christianity"
synonyms: state/affirm one's faith in, affirm one's allegiance to, make a public declaration of, declare publicly, avow, confess, acknowledge publicly
"in 325 the Emperor himself professed Christianity"
- ridgeguy 8y agoBrief etymology of "professor": From Latin "profiteri", to the form "profess-" meaning "declared publicly", and to "professor", then to Late Middle English as "professor". So a professor's practice is probably closer to definition 2: "make a public declaration of" whatever one's skill or knowledge of a particular art might be.