| Practice (practice) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Prac"tice |
| [OE. praktike,
practique, F. pratique, formerly also, practique,
LL. practica, fr. Gr. (?), fr. (?) practical. See
Practical, and cf. Pratique, Pretty.] |
Frequently repeated or customary action;
habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage;
habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the
practice of making regular entries of accounts; the
practice of daily exercise.
Customary or constant use; state of being
used.
Skill or dexterity acquired by use;
expertness.
Actual performance; application of
knowledge; -- opposed to theory.
Systematic exercise for instruction or
discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she
neglected practice in music.
Application of science to the wants of men;
the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the
practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative
practice.
Skillful or artful management; dexterity in
contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; --
usually in a bad sense.
A easy and concise method of
applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and
business.
The form, manner, and order of
conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their
various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid
down by the courts.
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| Practice (practice) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Prac"tice |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Practiced (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Practicing (?).] [Often written practise,
practised, practising.] |
To do or
perform frequently, customarily, or habitually] to make a practice of;
as, to practice gaming.
To exercise, or follow, as a profession,
trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
To exercise one's self in, for instruction
or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to
practice gunnery; to practice music.
To put into practice; to carry out; to act
upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
To make use of; to employ.
To teach or accustom by practice; to
train.
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| Practice (practice) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Prac"tice |
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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.
To learn by practice; to form a
habit.
To try artifices or stratagems.
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.
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