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prac·ticed       [prak-tist] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
2.acquired or perfected through practice: a practiced English accent.
Also, practised.

[Origin: 1560–70; practice + -ed2]
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prac·tice       [prak-tis] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ticed, -tic·ing.
–noun
1.habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
2.habit; custom: It is not the practice here for men to wear long hair.
3.repeated performance or systematic exercise for the purpose of acquiring skill or proficiency: Practice makes perfect.
4.condition arrived at by experience or exercise: She refused to play the piano, because she was out of practice.
5.the action or process of performing or doing something: to put a scheme into practice; the shameful practices of a blackmailer.
6.the exercise or pursuit of a profession or occupation, esp. law or medicine: She plans to set up practice in her hometown.
7.the business of a professional person: The doctor wanted his daughter to take over his practice when he retired.
8.Law. the established method of conducting legal proceedings.
9.Archaic. plotting; intrigue; trickery.
10.Usually, practices. Archaic. intrigues; plots.
–verb (used with object)
11.to perform or do habitually or usually: to practice a strict regimen.
12.to follow or observe habitually or customarily: to practice one's religion.
13.to exercise or pursue as a profession, art, or occupation: to practice law.
14.to perform or do repeatedly in order to acquire skill or proficiency: to practice the violin.
15.to train or drill (a person, animal, etc.) in something in order to give proficiency.
–verb (used without object)
16.to do something habitually or as a practice.
17.to pursue a profession, esp. law or medicine.
18.to exercise oneself by repeated performance in order to acquire skill: to practice at shooting.
19.Archaic. to plot or conspire.
Also, British, practise (for defs. 11–19).

[Origin: 1375–1425; (v.) late ME practisen, practizen (< MF pra(c)tiser) < ML prāctizāre, alter. of prācticāre, deriv. of prāctica practical work < Gk prāktik n. use of fem. of prāktikós practic; see -ize; (n.) late ME, deriv. of the v.]

—Related forms
prac·tic·er, noun

—Synonyms 2. See custom. 3. application. See exercise.
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prac·tice       (prāk'tĭs)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing, prac·tic·es

v.   tr.
  1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations.
  2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step.
  3. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting.
  4. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.
  5. To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.
  6. Obsolete To plot (something evil).

v.   intr.
  1. To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly.
  2. To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.
  3. To work at a profession.
  4. Archaic To intrigue or plot.

n.  
  1. A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual.
    1. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.
    2. A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.
    3. Archaic The skill so learned or perfected.
    4. The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise: out of practice.
    5. The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
    6. A trick, scheme, or intrigue.
  3. The act or process of doing something; performance or action: a theory that is difficult to put into practice.
  4. Exercise of an occupation or profession: the practice of law.
  5. The business of a professional person: an obstetrician with her own practice.
  6. A habitual or customary action or act. Often used in the plural: That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.
  7. Law The methods of procedure used in a court of law.
  8. Archaic
    1. The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.
    2. A trick, scheme, or intrigue.


[Middle English practisen, from Old French practiser, alteration of practiquer, from practique, practice, from Medieval Latin prāctica; see practicable.]

prac'tic·er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to do repeatedly to acquire or maintain proficiency: practice the shot put; exercising one's wits; rehearsed the play for 14 days. See Also Synonyms at habit.

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prac·ticed       (prāk'tĭst)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Skilled or expert; proficient: He is practiced in the art of design. She is a practiced lecturer.
  2. Acquired or brought to perfection by practice: greeted the guests with practiced courtesy.

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practiced

adjective
1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" [syn: adept] 
2. skillful after much practice 

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Practiced

Prac"ticed\, a. [Often written practised.]

1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." --Ld. Lytton.

2. Used habitually; learned by practice.

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