Anagrams of: FORESPENDS

• professing to be qualified

• claimed with intent to deceive

• openly declared as such

• practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

• confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• state freely

• receive into a religious order or congregation

• take vows, as in religious order

• state insincerely

• show a response or a reaction to something

• react verbally

• respond favorably or as hoped

• English poet and critic (1909-1995)

• someone who spends money prodigally

• someone who spends money to purchase goods or services

• a person who testifies or gives a deposition

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

• a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

• a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

• a result

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the manner in which something is greeted

• a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

• the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

• show a response or a reaction to something

• react verbally

• respond favorably or as hoped

• compacted by ironing