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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. professing to be qualified;
- Example: "a professed philosopher"

2. claimed with intent to deceive;
- Example: "his professed intentions"

3. openly declared as such;
- Example: "an avowed enemy"
- Example: "her professed love of everything about that country"
- Example: "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
[syn: avowed(a), professed(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Professed \Pro*fessed"\, a. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian. [1913 Webster] The professed (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Professed; p. pr. & vb. n. Professing.] [F. prof[`e]s, masc., professe, fem., professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See Confess.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. "Hear me profess sincerely." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of. [1913 Webster] I do profess to be no less than I seem. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

professed adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" 2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions" 3: openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist" [syn: avowed(a), professed(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "professed": accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, apparent, approved, asserted, asseverated, attested, authenticated, averred, avouched, avowed, certified, claimed, conceded, confessed, confirmed, countersigned, declared, deposed, endorsed, enunciated, granted, hypocritical, in name only, manifestoed, notarized, ostensible, pledged, predicated, pretended, pretexted, pronounced, purported, ratified, received, recognized, sealed, self-styled, signed, so-called, specious, stamped, stated, supposed, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warranted, would-be