- Asserted
- Professed
- of Claim
- Announced what was revealed in customs
- Professed
- of Declare
- Impersonated
- Insincerely or falsely professed
- meretricious
- Professed
- of Pretend
- Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended
friend.
- Affirmed
- Declared
- Professed
- of Avow
- Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted.