profess

[1]	assert , claim , aver , asseverate , state , affirm , confirm , confess , declare , say , hold , maintain , present , offer , proffer , tender , set forth , put forward , pronounce , enounce , enunciate , announce , utter , vow , avow
[2]	pretend , lay claim , make a pretence , purport , act as if , simulate
[3]	concede , confess
[4]	pretend