Meaning & Definition of Profess in English

1. Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

• "She professes organic chemistry"

2. Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"

• "He professes to be a communist"

3. Admit (to a wrongdoing)

• "She confessed that she had taken the money"

4. State freely

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

5. Receive into a religious order or congregation

6. Take vows, as in religious order

• "She professed herself as a nun"

7. 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"