Avowed; declared; pledged by profession; professional: as, a professed woman-hater; a professed nun; a professed cook.

one who by promise freely made and accepted has, after a year of probation, been received in and bound to a religious order.

adjective. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed

adjective. , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.

adjective. Professing to be qualified.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of profess.

adjective. professing to be qualified

adjective. claimed with intent to deceive

adjective. openly declared as such

"The discarded box it had arrived in professed it as ‘the best sex on the market’ Richard fingered the wedding band she had placed on his finger."

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