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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Professed?
I recently read a forum where the phrase "professored by" was used in reference to teaching a college class as in "so and so took a classed professored by this person". Professored is not a word, but professed is. This got me wondering if the more correct phrase would be "professed by", making it "so and so took a class professed by this person". However, I'm not aware of any meaning for professed that includes this use. Anyone else?
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Anonymous This got me wondering if the more correct phrase would be "professed by", making it "so and so took a class professed by this person". Profess and professor may seem similar, but they are only distantly related. , "to take a vow" (in a religious order), a back-formation from profession or else from Old French profes, from Medieval Latin professus "avowed," literally "having declared publicly,"
- Anonymous This got me wondering if the more correct phrase would be "professed by", making it "so and so took a class professed by this person".
- Profess and professor may seem similar, but they are only distantly related.
- , "to take a vow" (in a religious order), a back-formation from profession or else from Old French profes, from Medieval Latin professus "avowed," literally "having declared publicly,"
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AnonymousThis got me wondering if the more correct phrase would be "professed by", making it "so and so took a class professed by this person".Profess and professor may seem similar, but they are only distantly related.
professor (n.)
late 14c., "one who teaches a branch of knowledge," from Old French professeur (14c.) and directly
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