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profiteor

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Latin

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Etymology

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    From prō- +‎ fateor (to acknowledge).

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    profiteor (present infinitive profitērī, perfect active professus sum); second conjugation, deponent

    1. to declare publicly, own (up to) or confess openly, acknowledge, avow, profess
      Synonyms: cōnfiteor, denuntio, nuntio, adnuntio, refero, indico, renūntiō, nū̆ncupō, prodo, ēdīcō, praedicō, cōntiōnor
    2. to offer freely, promise
      Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, prōmittō, stipulor, polliceor, pangō
    3. to profess, claim; to declare oneself (as), practice (as)
    4. to make a show of, show, display
      Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, prōpōnō, prōdō, acclārō, indicō, vulgō, gerō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
    5. to make a public statement or a return of
    6. to be a teacher or professor
    7. to volunteer

    Conjugation

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    Old forms are:

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    References

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    • profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • profiteor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • profiteor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to speak the truth, admit the truth: verum dicere, profiteri
      • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: philosophiam, medicinam profiteri
      • to be a philosopher, physician by profession: se philosophum, medicum (esse) profiteri
      • men of that profession: qui ista profitentur
      • to be a follower, disciple of some one: disciplinam alicuius profiteri
      • to profess an art: artem profiteri
      • to become a candidate: nomen profiteri or simply profiteri
      • to enlist oneself: nomen (nomina) dare, profiteri
    • profiteor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016