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professverb to present a false appearance ofprofessed friendship while secretly plotting revenge act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pass (for), pretend, put on, sham, simulate dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, poseforge, imitatecamouflage, conceal, disguise, maskfeintmalinger make believe to state clearly and stronglythe lonely woman professed her love in a series of letters to the soldier affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, declare, guarantee, lay down advance, advertise, boost, plug, promote, publicizeannounce, blaze, call, proclaim, pronounce, sayaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, underline, underscoreadvocate, champion, defend, espouse, support, upholdassure, convince, persuadeexplain, justify, rationalizereaffirm, reassert minimize, understatedisregard, ignore, neglect, overlook to state as a fact usually forcefullyhe professed his innocence to anyone who would listen affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, protest, purport, warrant announce, broadcast, proclaimargue, rationalize, reasonconfirm, justify, vindicatedefend, persevere, support, upholdreaffirm, reassert put forth deny, gainsay abandondisavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiatechallenge, dispute, questionconfute, disprove, rebut, refutecontradict, counter in the 14th century |