Definitions for practise
ˈpræk tɪsprac·tise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. rehearse, practise, practiceverb

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

2. practice, practise, exercise, doverb

   carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

   "practice law"

3. drill, exercise, practice, practiseverb

   learn by repetition

   "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"

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1. practiseverb

   To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

   You should practise playing piano every day.

2. practiseverb

   To repeat an activity in this way.

   If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.

3. practiseverb

   To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.

   They gather to practise religion every Saturday.

4. practiseverb

   To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).

   She practised law for forty years before retiring.

5. practiseverb

   To conspire.

6. Etymology: From practizen, a variant of practisen, from pratiser, practiser, from practizo, from practico, from practica, from πρακτική, from πρακτικός, from πράσσειν

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To PRACTISEverb

   Etymology: πϱαϰτιϰὸς; pratiquer, Fr.

   1. To do habitually.

   Incline not my heart to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity. Psalm cxli. 4.

   2. To do; not merely to profess: as, to practise law or physick.3. To use in order to habit and dexterity.

2. To Practiseverb

   1. To have a habit of acting in any manner formed.

   Will truth return unto them that practise in her. Ecclus.

   They shall practise how to live secure. John Milton.

   Oft have we wonder’d
   How such a ruling sp’rit you cou’d restrain,
   And practise first over yourself to reign. Edmund Waller.

   2. To transact; to negotiate secretly.

   I’ve practis’d with him,
   And found a means to let the victor know,
   That Syphax and Sempronius are his friends. Addison.

   3. To try artifices.

   Others by guilty artifice and arts,
   Of promis’d kindness practise on our hearts;
   With expectation blow the passion up,
   She fans the fire without one gale of hope. George Granville.

   4. To use bad arts or stratagems.

   If you there
   Did practise on my state, your being in Egypt
   Might be my question. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

   If thou do’st him any slight disgrace, he will practise against thee by poison. William Shakespeare, As You Like it.

   5. To use medical methods.

   I never thought I should try a new experiment, being little inclined to practise upon others, and as little that others should practise upon me. William Temple, Miscel.

   6. To exercise any profession.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practise

   see Practice

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practise

   prak′tis, v.t. to put into practice or to do habitually: to perform: to exercise, as a profession: to use or exercise: to teach by practice: to commit.—v.i. to have or to form a habit: to exercise any employment or profession: to try artifices.—n. Prac′tisant (Shak.), an agent.—adj. Prac′tised, skilled through practice.—n. Prac′tiser.—adj. Prac′tising, actively engaged in professional employment. [From practice.]

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1. Practise

   Practice vs. Practise -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Practice and Practise.

Matched Categories

1. • Learn
   • Perform
   • Performing Arts

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   Rank popularity for the word 'practise' in Verbs Frequency: #575

Anagrams for practise »

1. crispate

2. picrates

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of practise in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of practise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of practise in a Sentence

1. Henrik Stenson:

   I was battling a bit of fatigue and when you're in a bad spell, you're tired, you don't have the energy to practise and get going. Then it becomes a bad cycle.

2. Christian Coleman:

   Of course, like I see Justin Gatlin all the time, we practise the relay and we talk from time to time. But we never really talk about the race or anything like that even though we are both one of the favorites to win, one of like many, i just try to focus on one person. We are at a world championships. So it is a world class field, anybody can take it. So I am just excited about competing against everybody, not just Justin Gatlin.

3. Ove Sjoeblom:

   He is devastated - football is his work and now he cannot practise it, he's not being fired. It is rather a termination of a contract according to its terms.

4. Austin Connelly:

   I see him (Spieth) all the time, I will be checking the (British Open) scores, when we are at home, I see him in the gym almost five days a week. I practise with him sometimes and play with him quite often.

5. Epictetus:

   Practise yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things and thence proceed to greater.

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