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Quick definitions from WordNet (profess)
▸ verb: state insincerely ("He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt")
▸ verb: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to ("The teacher professed allegiance to the Muslim faith")
▸ verb: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about ("She professes organic chemistry")
▸ verb: take vows, as in religious order ("She professed herself as a nun")
▸ verb: receive into a religious order or congregation
▸ verb: state freely ("The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")
▸ verb: admit, make a clean breast of
▸ Also see professing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to profess
▸ Usage examples for profess
▸ Words that often appear near profess
▸ Rhymes of profess
▸ Invented words related to profess
▸ verb: state insincerely ("He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt")
▸ verb: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to ("The teacher professed allegiance to the Muslim faith")
▸ verb: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about ("She professes organic chemistry")
▸ verb: take vows, as in religious order ("She professed herself as a nun")
▸ verb: receive into a religious order or congregation
▸ verb: state freely ("The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades")
▸ verb: admit, make a clean breast of
▸ Also see professing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to profess
▸ Usage examples for profess
▸ Words that often appear near profess
▸ Rhymes of profess
▸ Invented words related to profess