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profess

English

🔊 state insincerely
“He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt”
🔊 confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
“The terrorists professed allegiance to their country”
🔊 practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
“She professes organic chemistry”
🔊 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”
🔊 admit (to a wrongdoing)
“She confessed that she had taken the money”