profess
(verb)
verb
1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
- She professes organic chemistry
Definition categories: communication, claim
2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
- The terrorists professed allegiance to their country
- he professes to be a Communist
Definition categories: communication, declare
3. admit (to a wrongdoing)
Similar word(s): concede, confess
Definition categories: communication, acknowledge, admit
4. state freely
- The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades
Definition categories: communication, declare
5. receive into a religious order or congregation
Definition categories: communication, accept, admit, take
6. take vows, as in religious order
- she professed herself as a nun
Definition categories: communication, vow
7. state insincerely
- He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt
Similar word(s): pretend
Definition categories: communication, claim