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121profess — verb 1) he professed his love Syn: declare, announce, proclaim, assert, state, affirm, avow, maintain, protest; formal aver 2) she professed to loathe publicity Syn: claim, pretend …
122repudiate — 1 spurn, reject, refuse, *decline Analogous words: renounce, *abjure: *forgo, forbear, eschew, sacrifice Antonyms: adopt Contrasted words: *acknowledge, own, admit, avow, confess: embrace, espouse (see ADOPT) …
123declare — [v1] make known clearly or officially acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey,… …
124profess — [prō fes′, prəfes′] vt. [< L professus, pp. of profiteri, to avow publicly < pro , before (see PRO 2) + fateri, to avow, akin to fari, to speak: see FABLE] 1. to make an open declaration of; affirm [to profess one s love] 2. to claim to… …
125avower — noun 1. someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly • Derivationally related forms: ↑avow • Hypernyms: ↑communicator 2. someone who claims to speak the truth a bold asserter a declarer of his intentions affirme …
126ex professo — /eks prə fesˈō or pro / (Latin) Avowedly * * * ‖ ex professo, phr. (ɛks prəʊˈfɛsəʊ) [L. ex out of + profess ō, abl. of profess us professed, pa. pple. of profitēri to avow publicly, f. pro before + fatēri to avow.] Professedly, by profession. in… …
127Advocate — Ad vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advocating}.] [See {Advocate}, n., {Advoke}, {Avow}.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. [1913… …
128Advocated — Advocate Ad vo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Advocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Advocating}.] [See {Advocate}, n., {Advoke}, {Avow}.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend… …
