profess

Verb
  1. Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about (synset 200821417)
    "She professes organic chemistry"
    is a type of: claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
  2. Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to (synset 200762780)
    "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
    is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
  3. Admit (to a wrongdoing) (synset 200820214)
    "She confessed that she had taken the money"
    is a type of: acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
    subtypes: fess up, make a clean breast of, own up - admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
    same as: concede, confess
  4. State freely (synset 201012717)
    "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
    is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
  5. Receive into a religious order or congregation (synset 200890178)
    is a type of: accept, admit, take, take on - admit into a group or community
    verb group: profess - take vows, as in religious order
  6. Take vows, as in religious order (synset 200889847)
    "she professed herself as a nun"
    is a type of: vow - make a vow; promise
    subtypes: take the veil - become a nun
    verb group: profess - receive into a religious order or congregation
  7. State insincerely (synset 200758694)
    "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"
    is a type of: claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
    same as: pretend

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