profess, to take up.'Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945'

'Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945'

By MAX HASTINGS
Reviewed by RICHARD J. EVANS

Max Hastings's survey of World War II concentrates on the experience of those who took part.

The January 1 earthquake caused a massive fire on Asaichi Street, a popular tourist area in Wajima City. The inferno burned down a museum dedicated to manga artist Nagai Go, who hails from Wajima and is known for works such as “Mazinger Z” and “Devilman.”

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Despite growing concerns about online privacy on social networks such as Facebook, marketers at the Social Data Summit in New York on Thursday professed enthusiasm for social media marketing.

take part
Play a role in, share in, participate, as in Will you be taking part in the wedding? or He did not take part in the discussion. [Late 1300s] Also see take one's part.

profess
v., -fessed, -fess·ing, -fess·es. v.tr.

1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major (Gina Maranto).
2. To make a pretense of; pretend: "top officials who were deeply involved with the arms sales but later professed ignorance of them" (David Johnston).
3. 1. To practice as a profession or claim knowledge of: profess medicine.
   2. To teach (a subject) as a professor: profess literature.
4. To affirm belief in: profess Catholicism.
5. To receive into a religious order or congregation.

v.intr.

1. To make an open affirmation.
2. To take the vows of a religious order or congregation.

[Middle English professen, to take vows, from Old French profes, that has taken a religious vow (from Medieval Latin professus, avowed) and from Medieval Latin professāre, to administer a vow, both from Latin professus, past participle of profitērī, to affirm openly : pro-, forth; see pro-¹ + fatērī, to acknowledge.]

professedly pro·fess'ed·ly (-fĕs'ĭd-lē) adv.