profess

verb

1.
practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
2.
confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
Derived from:
professing
3.
4.
state freely
5.
receive into a religious order or congregation
6.
take vows, as in religious order
Event:
profession
Derived from:
profession
7.
state insincerely
pretend