Definition of profess

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Profess (v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of..

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Affair :: Affair (n.) That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. At the head of affairs. Junius..
Professory :: Professory (a.) Of or pertaining to a professor; professorial.
Practice :: Practice (v. t.) To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine..
Bard :: Bard (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men..
Epicurize :: Epicurize (v. i.) To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
Cantatrice :: Cantatrice (n.) A female professional singer.
Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..
Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..
Professing :: Professing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profes.
Fee :: Fee (n.) Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc..
Profess :: Profess (v. t.) To present to knowledge of, to proclaim one's self versed in; to make one's self a teacher or practitioner of, to set up as an authority respecting; to declare (one's self to be such); as, he professes surgery; to profess one's self a physician..
Writer :: Writer (n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels..
Adherent :: Adherent (n.) One who adheres; one who adheres; one who follows a leader, party, or profession; a follower, or partisan; a believer in a particular faith or church..
Student :: Student (n.) A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of certain associations in Modern Europe, who combined to promote social reforms, by which they expected to raise men and society to perfection, esp. of one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt, professor of canon law at Ingolstadt, which spread rapidly for a time, but ceased after a few years..
Leucoscope :: Leucoscope (n.) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness..
Dervis :: Dervis (n.) A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life..
Jockey :: Jockey (n.) A professional rider of horses in races.
Divinatory :: Divinatory (a.) Professing, or relating to, divination..
Counselor :: Counselor (n.) One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister..
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