practice
Cross references:
1. habit
1. prac.tice or prac.tise \'prak-t*s\ vb [ME practisen, fr. MF practiser,
fr. practique practice, fr.]LL practice, fr. Gk praktike-, fr. fem. of
praktikos 1a: to perform or work at repeatedly so as to become proficient
{~ his act} 1b: to train by repeated exercises {~ pupils in penmanship}
2a: to carry out : APPLY {~ what he preaches} 2b: to do or perform often,
customarily, or habitually {~ politene ss} 2c: to be professionally engaged
in {~ medicine} obs 3: PLOT obs 4: FREQUENT 1: to do repeated
exercises for proficiency 2: to pursue a profession actively archaic 3a:
INTRIGUE 3b: to impose by artifice 4: to do something customarily perform
repeatedly. PRACTICE further implies the attainment of skill through much
repetition; EXERCISE implies a strengthening or developing by keeping at
work; DRILL stresses the forming of correct habit by mechanical repetition
- prac.tic.er n SYN syn PRACTICE, EXERCISE, DRILL mean to perform or make
2. practice also practise n often attrib 1a: actual performance or
application 1b: a repeated or customary action 1c: the usual way of doing
something {local ~} 1d: the form, manner, and order of conducting legal
suits and prosecutions 2a: systematic exercise for proficiency {~ makes
perfect} 2b: the condition of being proficient through systematic exercise
{get in ~} 3a: the continuous exercise of a profession 3b: a professional
business; esp : one constituting an incorporeal property