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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Practice :: Practice (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..
Practice :: Practice (n.) Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness.
Practically :: Practically (adv.) By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject..
Puritanism :: Puritanism (n.) The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans..
Amercement :: Amercement (n.) The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See Affeer.].
Exhortation :: Exhortation (n.) The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
Centonism :: Centonism (n.) The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.
Weave :: Weave (v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
Bribery :: Bribery (n.) The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Exclusivism :: Exclusivism (n.) The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
Truth :: Truth (n.) The practice of speaking what is true; freedom from falsehood; veracity.
Spiritualist :: Spiritualism (n.) A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists..
Inure :: Inure (v. t.) To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility..
Beneficence :: Beneficence (n.) The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity; bounty springing from purity and goodness..
Underdealing :: Underdealing (n.) Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery..
Etch :: Etch (v. i.) To practice etching; to make etchings.
Nephalist :: Nephalist (n.) One who advocates or practices nephalism.
Separatism :: Separatism (n.) The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.
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..
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