[syn: practiced, practised]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "practiced":
accomplished, at concert pitch, blase, career, coached, conversant,
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, experienced, finished, initiate,
initiated, knowing, mature, matured, not born yesterday, old,
old-time, practical, prepared, primed, professional, ripe, ripened,
sagacious, seasoned, skilled, sophisticated, technical, trained,
tried, tried and true, versed, vet, veteran, world-wise, worldly,
worldly-wise