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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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aver
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English averren (“to corroborate (a statement); to cite (something) as corroboration or proof; (law) to prove (something) in court; to declare (something) under oath as true; to prove (a case) by a jury’s oaths”) [and other forms], from Old French averer (modern French avérer (“to reveal, uncover; to prove (to be), transpire”)), from Late Latin *adv?r?re (“to make true; to prove to be true; to verify”), the present active infinitive of Late Latin *adv?r? (“to make true; to prove to be true”), from Latin ad- (prefix forming factitive verbs meaning ‘to make (something) have the properties of [the adjective or noun to which it is attached]’) + v?rus (“actual, real, true; genuine; proper, suitable; just, right”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh?- (“true”)) + -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring or (obsolete) avering, simple past and past participle averred or (obsolete) avered)
- (transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
- (transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- averrable
- averred (adjective)
- averrer
Related terms
- averment
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either:
- from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin hab?re, the present active infinitive of habe? (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-, *??eh?b?- (“to grab, take”); or
- from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?e?v?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?e?v?/
- Homophone: Ava
Noun
aver (plural avers)
- (Britain, dialectal, archaic) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal, archaic) An old, useless horse; a nag.
References
Anagrams
- AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera
Corsican
Verb
aver
- Alternative form of avè
Italian
Alternative forms
- haver (obsolete spelling)
Verb
aver
- Apocopic form of avere
Anagrams
- vera
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habe? (“hold, have”).
Verb
aver (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ?????)
- to have
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin hab?re, the present active infinitive of habe? (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eh?b?-, *??eh?b?- (“to grab, take”).
Noun
aver (plural avers)
- Belongings, possessions, property, wealth.
References
Norman
Alternative forms
- aveir (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French aveir, from Latin habe? (“have, hold, possess”).
Verb
aver
- (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have
Conjugation
Derived terms
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan aver, haver, from Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).
Pronunciation
Verb
aver
- to have; to possess
- Synonym: possedir
- (auxiliary) to have
Conjugation
Derived terms
- aver luòc
Old French
Verb
aver
- Alternative form of avoir
Noun
aver m (oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver)
- Alternative form of avoir
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- haver
Etymology
From Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).
Verb
aver
- to have; to possess
Descendants
- Catalan: haver
- Occitan: aver
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- haver (latinized form)
Etymology
From Latin habe? (“to have, to hold, to possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *hab?? or *ha???, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?h?b?- (“to grab, to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??e?/
Verb
aver
- to have
- to exist
Conjugation
Descendants
- Galician: haber
- Portuguese: haver
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin habe? (“to have, hold, keep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a???e??/
Verb
aver
- to have
Descendants
- Ladino:
- Hebrew: ?????
- Latin: aver
- Spanish: haber
Portuguese
Verb
aver (first-person singular present indicative ei, past participle avido)
- Obsolete spelling of haver
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
aver m (plural averes)
- Obsolete spelling of haver
Spanish
Verb
aver
- Obsolete spelling of haber
Venetian
Alternative forms
- gaver
Etymology
From Latin habe?.
Verb
aver
- (transitive) to have
- (transitive) to possess
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
References
- Silvano Belloni (2009) Grammatica Veneta [Venetian Grammar]?[3] (in Italian), Esedra Editrice, ?ISBN, page 75
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