to profess
Can you use the verb 'profess' when the thing that the subject claims is not related to the subject?
"She claims that this meaning is embedded in that word, but I know it is not."
To convey this meaning, can you use profess?
e.g.
She profess this meaning embedded in that word.
She profess this meaning to be embedded in that word.
She profess that this meaning is embedded in that word.
The example sentences of profess I can find online all use 'to profess' when the subject claims something untrue to them.
I thought about to use 'to purport', but it's the same.
I like these words because they imply that what the subject claims is often not true.
If these words do not work this way, are there any other expressions or words I can use instead?