professed

adj. declared, proclaimed; sworn, pledged; supposed, alleged

v. claim, allege; present oneself as -; declare one's faith in -; engage in -, work in -; feign, pretend

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Adjective
1. professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"
(synonym) professed(a)
(similar) professional
2. claimed with intent to deceive; "his professed intentions"
(synonym) professed(a)
(similar) declared
3. openly declared as such; "an avowed enemy"; "her professed love of everything about that country"; "McKinley was assassinated by a professed anarchist"
(synonym) avowed(a), professed(a)
(similar) declared

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Verb
1. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
(hypernym) claim
2. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"
(hypernym) declare
(derivation) profession, professing
3. admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"
(synonym) concede, confess
(hypernym) admit, acknowledge
(derivation) profession, professing
4. state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"
(hypernym) declare
5. receive into a religious order or congregation
(hypernym) accept, admit, take, take on
6. take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"
(hypernym) vow
(hyponym) take the veil
(derivation) profession
7. state insincerely; "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"
(synonym) pretend
(hypernym) claim

v. tvrdit; předstírat; prohlásit; vyznávat

Czas. twierdzić; głosić