eng: profess

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