Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)professpractice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about“She professes organic chemistry” (v)professconfess one's faith in, or allegiance to“The terrorists professed allegiance to their country”,
“he professes to be a Communist” (v)professstate freely“The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades” (v)professreceive into a religious order or congregation (v)professtake vows, as in religious order“she professed herself as a nun” (v)profess, pretendstate 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”