practicing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine. [1913 Webster]

2.To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

As this advice ye practice or neglect.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

5.To make use of; to employ. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.— Massinger.[1913 Webster]

6.To teach or accustom by practice; to train. [1913 Webster]

In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor.— Landor.[1913 Webster]