All 4 Uses
profess
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- I conjure you, by that which you profess,
p. 123.3 *
- I conjure you, by that which you profess,
p. 134.2 *
- The noble thanes do bravely in the war,
The day almost itself professes yours,
And little is to do.p. 185.1 - The noble thanes do bravely in the war,
The day almost itself professes yours,
And little is to do.p. 210.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(profess) to claim or declare -- often insincerely
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, profess can mean:
- to teach or be knowledgeable of -- as in "profess chemistry"
- practice as a profession -- as in "profess medicine"
- proclaim belief in or allegiance to -- as in "profess Catholicism"