profess
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profess Definition
(v)
practice
as
a
profession
,
teach
,
or
claim
to
be
knowledgeable
about
; "
She
professes
organic
chemistry
"
(v)
confess
one
''
s
faith
in
,
or
allegiance
to
; "
The
terrorists
professed
allegiance
to
the
Muslim
faith
"; "
he
professes
to
be
a
Communist
"
(v)
admit
,
make
a
clean
breast
of
; "
She
confessed
that
she
had
taken
the
money
"
(v)
state
freely
; "
The
teacher
professed
that
he
was
not
generous
when
it
came
to
giving
good
grades
"
(v)
receive
into
a
religious
order
or
congregation
(v)
take
vows
,
as
in
religious
order
; "
she
professed
herself
as
a
nun
"
(v)
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
"
profess Synonyms
concede
confess
pretend
profess
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