Definitions
1.VerbTo administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.VerbTo declare oneself (to be something)."They've professed themselves delighted with the results."
3.VerbTo declare; to assert, affirm."Having professed her belief in the remedy, she had little choice but to try it."
4.VerbTo make a claim (to be something); to lay claim to (a given quality, feeling etc.), often with connotations of insincerity."Many profess to despise what secretly they hunger after."
5.VerbTo declare one's adherence to (a religion, deity, principle etc.).
6.VerbTo work as a professor of; to teach.
7.VerbTo claim to have knowledge or understanding of (a given area of interest, subject matter).