From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Practiced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Practicing}.] [Often written practise, practised,
practising.]
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." --Ps. cxli. 4.
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2. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc.,
as, to practice law or medicine.
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2. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement,
or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice
gunnery; to practice music.
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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." --Shak.
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As this advice ye practice or neglect. --Pope.
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5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.]
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In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced
Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. --Massinger.
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6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
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In church they are taught to love God; after church
they are practiced to love their neighbor. --Landor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Practiced \Prac"ticed\, a. [Often written practised.]
1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A
practiced picklock." --Ld. Lytton.
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2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
practiced
adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
"adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert
job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
retouching" [syn: {adept}, {expert}, {good}, {practiced},
{proficient}, {skillful}, {skilful}]
2: skillful after much practice [syn: {practiced}, {practised}]
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