profess (v.)

• act
• affect
• affirm
• allege
• announce
• annunciate
• argue
• assert
• asseverate
• assume
• aver
• avouch
• avow
• bluff
• claim
• confess
• confirm
• contend
• counterfeit
• declare
• depose
• dissemble
• dissimulate
• enunciate
• express
• fake
• feign
• have
• hold
• insist
• maintain
• offer
• play
• playact
• predicate
• present
• pretend
• proclaim
• proffer
• pronounce
• protest
• purport
• put
• say
• sham
• simulate
• speak
• state
• submit
• swear
• tender
• utter
• vow
• warrant