Misprofess

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim. transitive

    "Keep me back, O Lord, from them who misprofess arts of healing the soul, or of the body, by means not imprinted by thee in the church for the soul, or not in nature for the body."

Example

More examples

"Keep me back, O Lord, from them who misprofess arts of healing the soul, or of the body, by means not imprinted by thee in the church for the soul, or not in nature for the body."

Etymology

From mis- + profess.

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