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profess

 
 
/prəˈfes/ verb [T] formal

Translation

to express a quality or belief, often when it is not true
açıkça belirtmek, ileri sürmek; ifade etmek
[+ to do sth] She professes to hate shopping, but she's always buying new things.1152
(Definition of profess verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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