professed
 (a.)明言的,公然的,宣誓後入教的


 Pro·fess v. t. [imp. & p. p. Professed p. pr. & vb. n. Professing.]
 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.”
 The best and wisest of them all professed
 To know this only, that he nothing knew.   --Milton.
 2. To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.
    I do profess to be no less than I seem.   --Shak.
 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.


 Pro·fessed a. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
 The professed R. C. Ch. , a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.

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 professed
      adj 1: professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher" [syn:
             professed(a)]
      2: claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
         [syn: professed(a)]
      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)]