Associations to the word «Professed»

Wiktionary

PROFESSED, adjective. Professing to be qualified.
PROFESSED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of profess

Dictionary definition

PROFESSED, adjective. Professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher".
PROFESSED, adjective. Claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions".
PROFESSED, adjective. Openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn