practice

1. n. Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise. Source: opted

2. n. Customary or constant use; state of being used. Source: opted

3. n. Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness. Source: opted

4. n. Actual performance; application of knowledge; -- opposed to theory. Source: opted

5. n. Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music. Source: opted

6. n. Application of science to the wants of men; the exercise of any profession; professional business; as, the practice of medicine or law; a large or lucrative practice. Source: opted

7. n. Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense. Source: opted

8. n. A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. Source: opted

9. n. The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts. Source: opted

10. v. t. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. Source: opted

11. v. t. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine. Source: opted

12. v. t. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music. Source: opted

13. v. t. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. Source: opted

14. v. t. To make use of; to employ. Source: opted

15. v. t. To teach or accustom by practice; to train. Source: opted

16. v. i. To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano. Source: opted

17. v. i. To learn by practice; to form a habit. Source: opted

18. v. i. To try artifices or stratagems. Source: opted

19. v. i. To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law. Source: opted

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