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/prˈæktəst/ /prˈæktɪst/ Listen

verb

Practice v. t. (past & past part. practiced; pres. part. practicing)

1.

To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. "Incline not my heart... practice wicked works."

2.

To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.

3.

To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.

4.

To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. "Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practice your severity." "As this advice ye practice or neglect."

5.

To make use of; to employ. (Obs.) "In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her."

6.

To teach or accustom by practice; to train. "In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor."

Practice v. i.

1.

To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano.

2.

To learn by practice; to form a habit. "They shall practice how to live secure." "Practice first over yourself to reign."

3.

To try artifices or stratagems. "He will practice against thee by poison."

4.

To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law. "(I am) little inclined to practice on others, and as little that others should practice on me."

adjective

Practiced adj.

1.

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock."

2.

Used habitually; learned by practice.

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Etymology of 'Practiced'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Practiced" Quotes from Famous Books

... curved freight hooks hung round their necks. In a dark smithy half a dozen sit comfortably round a huge wheel which rests on an anvil, using it as a lunch table. Near Canal Street two men are loading ice into a yellow refrigerator car, and their practiced motions are pleasant to watch. One stands in the wagon and swings the big blocks upward with his tongs. The other, on the wagon roof, seizes the piece deftly and drops it through a trap on top of the car. The blocks of ice flash and shimmer as they pass ...

— Pipefuls • Christopher Morley

... another disillusioning jolt. Could it be that this practiced woodsman's eye actually appraised me as being as heavy as my mate, or even heavier? Surely he must be wrong in his judgments. The point was that I woefully was wrong in mine. How true it is that we who would pluck the mote from behind ...

— One Third Off • Irvin S. Cobb

... low, gentle and sweet voice? There was not much in Sheila's appearance to provoke fear or awe. The little girl, shy at first, got to be a little more frank, and told her hostess when she rose in the morning, how she practiced, the number of hours they were out during the day, and many of the small incidents of her daily life. She had been photographed too, and her photograph was sold in one of the shops. She was very well content: she liked playing, the people were kind to ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873 • Various

... spoiler. He tells his story to his tribe. They judge the case to be a common one and agree to support him. Battle ensues; they discharge their spears at each other, and legs and arms are transpierced. When the spears are expended the combatants close and every species of violence is practiced. They seize their antagonist and snap like enraged dogs, they wield the sword and club, the bone shatters beneath their fall and they drop ...

— A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson • Watkin Tench

... the division of work as shown at the exposition by the Filipinos and the Indian tribes that women have not only, from the remotest times of which we have record, originated and practiced most of the industrial arts, but, among primitive nations, they still continue to ply the same occupations. The exhibits showed that the work of the men was still that of the hunter and trapper, while the Filipino woman who sat on the floor making ...

— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

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