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practice

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Practice may refer to: Practice (social theory) , a theoretical term for human action in society Best practice Medical practice , a company which engages in the practise of medicine Phantom practice , phenomenon in which a person's abilities continue to ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" [syn: drill , exercise , practise ] avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 repetition of an activity to improve skill. 2 (context uncountable English) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts. 3 (context countable English) A place where a professional service is provided, such ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "to do, act;" early 15c., "to follow or employ; to carry on a profession," especially medicine, from Old French pratiser , practiser "to practice," alteration of practiquer , from Medieval Latin practicare "to do, perform, practice," from Late Latin ...

Usage examples of practice.

Weavers had been responsible for the practice of killing Aberrant children for more than a hundred years.

The opposition also maintained that such a practice of raising troops was contrary to the oath of coronation, and that all who subscribed were abettors of perjury.

Foreign intervention, openly invited and industriously instigated by the abettors of the insurrection, became imminent, and has only been prevented by the practice of strict and impartial justice, with the most perfect moderation, in our intercourse with nations.

That during the existing insurrection, and as a necessary measure for suppressing the same, all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors within the United States, and all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of the United States, shall be subject to martial law, and liable to trial and punishment by courts-martial or military commissions.

Every abomination and sacrilege that is conceivable has been practiced.

And, again, there is no reference to aborting a fetus, which was a known practice at the time.

Collier absconded, and published a vindication of their conduct, in which he affirmed that the imposition of hands was the general practice of the primitive church.

We therefore had to practice abseiling into I the jungle and getting in all the emergency equipment that would be needed.

Similarly, the Iraqis have always had abysmal maintenance practices, and an operational readiness rate of 65 percent is the norm in many combat units.

There was not an archer in Achar who could better them now, Belial mused, as he watched them practice hitting moving targets while at the gallop.

Whether this acidity should be reported in terms of the lime or of the soda required to neutralise it will depend on which of these reagents is to be used in the actual practice.

Imbs was practicing his complicated piece, the so-called adagio, and the machinist, with a manipulation of the black switch box, had turned off all the machines for the time required to go through the piece three times.

It is clumsy in practice, for the continued adding of small portions of salt solution is laborious and becomes impossible with more than a few milligrams of silver in solution.

Church, not with speculations, but by demanding adherence to the old practice with regard to lapsed members.

A parallel ambivalence pervades both practice and adjudication under the Constitution from the beginning.