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/pɹəˈfɛst/
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pɹəˈfɛst
Adjective
Openly declared or acknowledged.
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His professed religion was Catholicism.
Professing to be qualified.
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She is a professed expert in mechanics.
[…] flowers, which, if not identical with our violets, sufficiently correspond to them for the purposes of readers who are not professed botanists.
Admitted to a religious order.
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The rule of the Perpetual Adoration is so strict that it horrifies; novices hold back, and the order is not recruited. In 1845 a few lay sisters were still found here and there, but no professed nuns.
Adjective
professing to be qualified
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a professed philosopher
claimed with intent to deceive
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his professed intentions
openly declared as such
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an avowed enemy
her professed love of everything about that country
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McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist