profess
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Profess yourself the disinterested friend of a man—make him believe that you value his friendship for its own sake and, on that ground, invite him to your home as your honored guest.
From Helen of the Old House by Wright, Harold Bell
Your picked twelve, you'll find, Profess themselves indignant, scandalized At thus being held unable to explain How a superior man who disbelieves 410 May not believe as well: that's Schelling's way!
From Men and Women by Porter, Charlotte Endymion
"Allow me to introduce you to Profess Amos Henderson's famous submarine, the Porpoise," spoke the inventor with a bow.
From Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder by Rockwood, Roy
Profess not thou that any Greek was there To fall on us.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
Have you got the carving with you, Profess?'
From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.
Vocabulary lists containing profess
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The Taming of the Shrew
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