Professing

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of profess form-of, gerund, participle, present

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professionprofession

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"He died a slow horrible death after professing to all his friends that the cause of his calamity was that which he did in Jerusalem."

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