PROFESS', L. professus, profiteor pro and fateor.
1. To make open declaration of to avow or acknowledge.
Let no man who professes himself a christian, keep so heathenish a family as not to see God by daily worshipped in it.
They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him. Titus 1
2. To declare in strong terms.
Then will I profess to them, I never knew you. Matthew 7
3. To make a show of any sentiments by loud declaration.
To your professing bosoms I commit him.
4. To declare publicly one's skill in any art or science, for inviting employment as, to profess one's self a physician he professes surgery.
PROFESS', To declare friendship. Not in use.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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