Profess

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Definitions:

Verb

profess

Definition: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"

profess

Definition: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"

concede profess confess

Definition: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"

profess

Definition: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

profess

Definition: receive into a religious order or congregation

profess

Definition: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"

profess pretend

Definition: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

Definition: To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)