Definition of practice

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Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.

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Exercise :: Exercise (v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops..
Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins..
Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Marbling :: Marbling (n.) The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble..
Course :: Course (n.) A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry..
Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
Jilt :: Jilt (v. i.) To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
Exchanger :: Exchanger (n.) One who exchanges; one who practices exchange.
Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..
Judaist :: Judaist (n.) One who believes and practices Judaism.
Robbery :: Robbery (n.) The act or practice of robbing; theft.
Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..
Chiaro-oscuro :: Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.
Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..
Fog :: Fog (v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
Whoredom :: Whoredom (n.) The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
Athleticism :: Athleticism (n.) The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Juggler :: Juggler (n.) One who practices or exhibits tricks by sleight of hand; one skilled in legerdemain; a conjurer.
Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Antic :: Antic (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
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