Practise

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put into action or practice; execute; perform; enact.
  • To do or perform frequently or habitually; make a practice of; observe or follow usually: as, to practise the Christian virtues; to practise deception.
  • To make use of; frequent.
  • To exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: as, to practise law.
  • To exercise one's self in, with the object of acquiring skill or experience; study or learn by repeated performance: as, to practise a piece of music.
  • To cause to practise; teach by practice or exercise; train; drill.
  • To scheme; plot; contrive craftily or treacherously.
  • To influence; entice; tamper with; bribe.
  • To make; construct; build.
  • To perform certain acts repeatedly or usually; exercise, train, or drill one's self: as, to practise upon the piano; to practise with the rifle.
  • To form a habit of action; act or do habitually; hence, to behave; conduct one's self.
  • To exercise a profession; follow a vocation.
  • To experiment.
  • To negotiate secretly; have a secret understanding.
  • To use schemes or stratagems; conspire; plot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. See practice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
  • verb. To repeat an activity in this way.
  • verb. To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
  • verb. To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
  • verb. To conspire.
  • verb. Alternative spelling of practice (verb).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
  • verb. learn by repetition
  • verb. engage in a rehearsal (of)
  • Word Usage
    "The first efforts may be very lame, but if you want speed on a typewriter, a record for a hundred-yard dash, or facility in speaking, you must practise, _practise_, _PRACTISE_."
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