different between profess vs accuse
profess
English
Etymology
From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profit?r?, from pro- + fat?r? (“to confess, acknowledge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???f?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
profess (third-person singular simple present professes, present participle professing, simple past and past participle professed)
- (transitive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.) [from 14th c.]
- 2000, Butler's Lives of the Saints, p.118:
- This swayed the balance decisively in Mary's favour, and she was professed on 8 September 1578.
- 2000, Butler's Lives of the Saints, p.118:
- (reflexive) To declare oneself (to be something). [from 16th c.]
- 2011, Alex Needham, The Guardian, 9 Dec.:
- Kiefer professes himself amused by the fuss that ensued when he announced that he was buying the Mülheim-Kärlich reactor […].
- 2011, Alex Needham, The Guardian, 9 Dec.:
- (transitive, intransitive) To declare; to assert, affirm. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, First Folio 1623:
- He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure from his Iudge, but most willingly humbles himselfe to the determination of Iustice […].
- 1974, ‘The Kansas Kickbacks’, Time, 11 Feb 1974:
- The Governor immediately professed that he knew nothing about the incident.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, First Folio 1623:
- (transitive) To make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity. [from 16th c.]
- 2010, Hélène Mulholland, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2010:
- Ed Miliband professed ignorance of the comment when he was approached by the BBC later.
- 2010, Hélène Mulholland, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2010:
- (transitive) To declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.). [from 16th c.]
- 1983, Alexander Mcleish, The Frontier Peoples of India, Mittal Publications 1984, p.122:
- The remainder of the population, about two-thirds, belongs to the Mongolian race and professes Buddhism.
- 1983, Alexander Mcleish, The Frontier Peoples of India, Mittal Publications 1984, p.122:
- (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, now rare) To claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter). [from 16th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- profess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- profess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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accuse
English
Etymology
First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA(key): /??kju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /??kjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Hyphenation: ac?cuse
Verb
accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)
- (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
- (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence
- Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign
- (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
- Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate
Usage notes
- (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
accuse (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Accusation.
Further reading
- accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cuecas
French
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular present indicative of accuser
- third-person singular present indicative of accuser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- second-person singular imperative of accuser
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Noun
accuse f
- plural of accusa
Portuguese
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar
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