profess
Verb | 1. | profess - practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
2. | profess - confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist" declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" | |
3. | profess - admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" fess up, make a clean breast of, own up - admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error; "the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting" | |
4. | profess - state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades" declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with" | |
5. | profess - receive into a religious order or congregation profess - take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun" | |
6. | profess - take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun" vow - make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol again" take the veil - become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after her fiance died" profess - receive into a religious order or congregation | |
7. | profess - 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" claim - assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
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