PROFESS

verb see: confess Date: 14th century transitive verb to receive formally into a religious community following a novitiate by acceptance of the required vows, 2. to declare or admit openly or freely ; affirm , to declare in words or appearances only ; pretend , claim , to confess one's faith in or allegiance to, 4. to practice or claim to be versed in (a calling or ~ion), to teach as a ~or, intransitive verb to make a ~ion or avowal, to ~ friendship