All 4 Uses of
profess
in
Henry VIII
- I do profess You speak not like yourself, who ever yet Have stood to charity and display'd the effects Of disposition gentle, and of wisdom O'ertopping woman's pow'r.†
Scene 2.4
- I know you have a gentle, noble temper, A soul as even as a calm; pray, think us Those we profess, peacemakers, friends, and servants.†
Scene 3.1 *
- For, I profess, you have it.†
Scene 3.2
- I do profess That for your Highness' good I ever labour'd More than mine own, that am, have, and will be— Though all the world should crack their duty to you, And throw it from their soul; though perils did Abound, as thick as thought could make 'em, and Appear in forms more horrid,—yet my duty, As doth a rock against the chiding flood, Should the approach of this wild river break, And stand unshaken yours.†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
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(profess) to claim (openly state) -- sometimes insincerely