professed lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like "She makes like an actress"
• state insincerely "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt" "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber" "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
• confess one's faith in, or allegiance to "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country" "he professes to be a Communist"
• admit (to a wrongdoing) "She confessed that she had taken the money"
• practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about "She professes organic chemistry"
• take vows, as in religious order "she professed herself as a nun"
• receive into a religious order or congregation
• state freely "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
• openly declared as such "an avowed enemy" "her professed love of everything about that country" "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
• claimed with intent to deceive "his professed intentions"