variants
or less commonly practise
practiced also practised; practicing also practising
1
2
a
: to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient
practice the act
b
: to train by repeated exercises
practice pupils in penmanship
3
obsolete
: plot
1
: to do repeated exercises for proficiency
2
: to pursue a profession actively
3
archaic
: intrigue
4
: to do something customarily
5
: to take advantage of someone
he practised on their credulity with huge success—The Times Literary Supplement (London)
practicer
noun
variants
or less commonly practise
1
a
: actual performance or application
ready to carry out in practice what they advocated in principle
b
: a repeated or customary action
had this irritating practice
c
: the usual way of doing something
local practices
d
: the form, manner, and order of conducting legal suits and prosecutions
2
a
: systematic exercise for proficiency
practice makes perfect
b
: the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise
get in practice
3
a
: the continuous exercise of a profession
b
: a professional business
especially
: one constituting an incorporeal property
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