v. 声称( profess的第三人称单数 ); 宣称; 公开表明; 信奉

v practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

v confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

v admit (to a wrongdoing)

v state freely

v receive into a religious order or congregation

v take vows, as in religious order

v state insincerely