All 3 Uses of
profess
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- I ought to profess Greek, the language of the mind.†
Chpt 7 *
- Mr Bloom ejaculated, professing not the least surprise at the intelligence, I can quite credit the assertion and I guarantee he invariably does.†
Chpt 16
- Both indurated by early domestic training and an inherited tenacity of heterodox resistance professed their disbelief in many orthodox religious, national, social and ethical doctrines.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(profess) to claim (openly state) -- sometimes insincerely