ଅର୍ଥ : Practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about.
							ଉଦାହରଣ : 
							She professes organic chemistry.
							
ଅର୍ଥ : Confess one's faith in, or allegiance to.
							ଉଦାହରଣ : 
							The terrorists professed allegiance to their country.
							He professes to be a Communist.
							
ଅର୍ଥ : State freely.
							ଉଦାହରଣ : 
							The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades.
							
ଅର୍ଥ : Receive into a religious order or congregation.
ଅର୍ଥ : Take vows, as in religious order.
							ଉଦାହରଣ : 
							She professed herself as a nun.
							
ଅର୍ଥ : State insincerely.
							ଉଦାହରଣ : 
							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.
							
ସମକକ୍ଷ : pretend