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What (who) is practise - definition
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Practise; Practice (disambiguation); Practices
practise
(US practice)
¦ verb
1. perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, maintain, or improve proficiency in it.
2. carry out or perform (an activity or custom) habitually or regularly.
3. be engaged in (a particular profession).
4. observe the teaching and rules of (a particular religion).
5. archaic scheme or plot for an evil purpose.
Derivatives
practised adjective
practiser noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. practiser or med. L. practizare, alt. of practicare 'perform, carry out', from practica 'practice', from Gk praktike, from praktikos (see practical).
Usage
On the difference between practise and practice, see usage at practice.
Practise
·vt & ·vi ·see Practice.
practise
v. a.
[Written also Practice.]
1.
Do or perform repeatedly, exercise or drill one's self in.
2.
Exercise, apply, pursue, carry on, use.
3.
Put into action or practice, carry out, do, perform, perpetrate.
Examples of use of practise
1. Are Arab journalists today able to practise freedom of expression?
2. "I enjoy the law and intend to continue to practise.
3. I know several MPs who still practise as barristers.
4. No, he never got to practise down the Old Bailey.
5. Less than a fifth of Spaniards now practise their faith.