All 4 Uses of
profess
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- From this room, many such dogs have been taken out to be hanged; in the next room (my bedroom), one fellow, to our knowledge, was poniarded on the spot for professing some insolent delicacy respecting his daughter—_his_ daughter?†
Chpt 2.9 *
- It was as if a professed unbeliever in ghosts should be frightened by a ghost story.†
Chpt 2.14
- He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point.†
Chpt 2.19
- Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(profess) to claim (openly state) -- sometimes insincerely