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The correct spelling is profess.
How to pronounce profess
verb
IPA: /pɹəˈfɛs/
Say it like: Pro-fes-s
The correct spelling is profess. To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
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Definition
verb
- 1.To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
- 2.To declare oneself (to be something).
- 3.To declare; to assert, affirm.
- 4.To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity.
- 5.To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
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