Unscramble profess

Definition of profess

verb:

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

Words nearby

process, prowess.

Rhymes with

abs, acquiesce, address, aggress, assess, bless, bs, caress, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cps, cress, depress, des, digress, dispossess, distress.