Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to profess
Participle: professed
Gerund: professing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | profess |
| you | profess |
| he;she;it | professes |
| we | profess |
| you | profess |
| they | profess |
Perfect
| I | have professed |
| you | have professed |
| he;she;it | has professed |
| we | have professed |
| you | have professed |
| they | have professed |
Past
| I | professed |
| you | professed |
| he;she;it | professed |
| we | professed |
| you | professed |
| they | professed |
Pluperfect
| I | had professed |
| you | had professed |
| he;she;it | had professed |
| we | had professed |
| you | had professed |
| they | had professed |
Future
| I | will profess |
| you | will profess |
| he;she;it | will profess |
| we | will profess |
| you | will profess |
| they | will profess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have professed |
| you | will have professed |
| he;she;it | will have professed |
| we | will have professed |
| you | will have professed |
| they | will have professed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | profess |
| you | profess |
| he;she;it | profess |
| we | profess |
| you | profess |
| they | profess |
Perfect
| I | have professed |
| you | have professed |
| he;she;it | have professed |
| we | have professed |
| you | have professed |
| they | have professed |
Imperfect
| I | professed |
| you | professed |
| he;she;it | professed |
| we | professed |
| you | professed |
| they | professed |
Pluperfect
| I | had professed |
| you | had professed |
| he;she;it | had professed |
| we | had professed |
| you | had professed |
| they | had professed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would profess |
| you | would profess |
| he;she;it | would profess |
| we | would profess |
| you | would profess |
| they | would profess |
Perfect
| I | would have professed |
| you | would have professed |
| he;she;it | would have professed |
| we | would have professed |
| you | would have professed |
| they | would have professed |
Imperative
| you | profess |
| we | Let's profess |
| you | profess |
Verbs conjugated like 'profess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'profess'
process,
precess,
press,
profect,
profer,
profuse,
progress,
protest,
confess,
cross,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1315, "to take a vow" (in a religious order), from O.Fr.
profes, from L.
professus "having declared publicly," pp. of
profitieri "declare openly," from
pro- "forth" +
fateri (pp.
fassus) "acknowledge, confess." Meaning "declare openly" first recorded 1526.
Professed "openly declared" is from 1569.
2. From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profitērī, from pro- + fatērī (“to confess, acknowledge”). See: Old French '
professer'.
Sample Sentences
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‘Well ! ’ thought I, ‘it would be well if we could shut up a few false prophets of these later times, who have professed to do the same; and I should like to try the experiment on a Mormonist or two to begin with. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] meals. The love of trade is a reason why the literature of America is to remain for ever unprotected ‘For we are a trading people, and do n't care for poetry: ’ though we do, by the way, profess to be very proud of our poets: while healthful amusements, cheerful means of recreation, and wholesome fancies, must fade before the stern utilitarian joys of trade.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ My view of Christianity is such, ” he added, “ that I think no man can consistently profess it without throwing the whole weight of his being against this monstrous system of injustice that lies at the foundation of all our society; and, if need be, sacrificing himself in the battle. That [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Granted, they have. We _ought_ to be free to meet and mingle,—to rise by our individual worth, without any consideration of caste or color; and they who deny us this right are false to their own professed principles of human equality. We ought, in particular, to be allowed _here_. We have _more_ than the rights of common men; — we have the claim of an injured race for reparation. But, then, _I do not [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)