profess

PROFESS', verb transitive [Latin professus, profiteor; pro and fateor.]1. To make open declaration of; to avow or acknowledge.Let no man who professes himself a christian, keep so heathenish a family as not to see God by daily worshipped in it.They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him. Titus 1:16.2. To declare in strong terms.Then will I profess to them, I never knew you. Matthew 7:23.3. To make a show of any sentiments by loud declaration.To your professing bosoms I commit him.4. To declare publicly one's skill in any art or science, for inviting employment; as, to profess one's self a physician; he professes surgery.PROFESS', verb intransitive To declare friendship. [Not in use.]