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misprofess

misprofess verb: to profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.

Verb

misprofess (third-person singular simple present misprofesses, present participle misprofessing, simple past and past participle misprofessed)

  1. (transitive) To profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.
    • Keep me back, O Lord, from them who misprofess arts of healing the soul, or of the body, by means not imprinted by thee in the church for the soul, or not in nature for the body.1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
    • Consequently, such actions miseducate the public and misprofess what dentistry is about, and they violate the dentist's obligations to integrity and education.2002, David T. Ozar, David J. Sokol, Dental Ethics at Chairside, page 291

Forms of misprofess

third-person singular presentmisprofesses
present participlemisprofessing
past participlemisprofessed
pastmisprofessed

Origin of misprofess

From mis- + profess.

Questions about misprofess

What does misprofess mean?
Misprofess means to profess falsely; to teach incorrectly or make an incorrect claim.
What part of speech is misprofess?
Misprofess is a verb.
What is the past tense of misprofess?
The past tense of misprofess is misprofessed.

Words near misprofess in the dictionary

  1. misproduced
  2. misproduces
  3. misproducing
  4. misproduction
  5. misproductions
  6. misprofess
  7. misprofessed
  8. misprofesses
  9. misprofessing
  10. misprognosticate
  11. misprognosticated

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