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confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

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"

take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"

receive into a religious order or congregation

state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"

claim to be proficient

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of.

To take a profession upon one's self by a public declaration; to confess.

To declare friendship.

To make an open or public statement of, as one's belief, intentions, etc.; avow or acknowledge; to pretend; set up a claim of; to claim to be an authority in.

Professedly.

Professedly.

To own freely: to declare in strong terms: to announce publicly one's skill in.

Professedly.

To make open declaration of; avow; declare.

To avow; declare.

To avow or acknowledge; to declare in strong terms; to declare publicly one's skill in any art or science.

To own or acknowledge; to make open declaration of; to avow; to declare publicly one's skill or qualifications; to lay claim to.