Both Uses of
profess
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Alas! many of them only differ in not openly professing such cynicism, for they are better educated, more cultured, but their philosophy is essentially the same as his.†
Chpt 12
- He did this very circumstantially, and every one realized that, although he professed to despise that suspicion, he thought the subject of great importance.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(profess) to claim (openly state) -- sometimes insincerely