Associations to the word «Practise»

Wiktionary

PRACTISE, verb. (transitive) (British) (Canada) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
PRACTISE, verb. (intransitive) (British) (Canada) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) To repeat an activity in this way.
PRACTISE, verb. (transitive) (British) (Canada) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
PRACTISE, verb. (transitive) (British) (Canada) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
PRACTISE, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) (British) (Canada) (Australia) (New Zealand) (Ireland) To conspire.
PRACTISE, verb. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
PRACTISE, verb. To make use of; to employ.
PRACTISE, verb. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
PRACTISE WHAT ONE PREACHES, verb. Alternative form of practice what one preaches

Dictionary definition

PRACTISE, verb. Engage in a rehearsal (of).
PRACTISE, verb. Carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law".
PRACTISE, verb. Learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne