1. profess - verb
· practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
Hypernym(s): claim
2. profess - verb
· confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"
Hypernym(s): declare
3. profess - verb
· admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"
Hypernym(s): admit, acknowledge
4. profess - verb
· state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
Hypernym(s): declare
5. profess - verb
· receive into a religious order or congregation
Hypernym(s): accept, admit, take, take_on
6. profess - verb
· take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
Hypernym(s): vow
7. profess - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): pretend
Hypernym(s): claim
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