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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Practiced; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Practicing.] [Often written practise, practised,
     practising.]
     1. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually;
        to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. ``Incline
        not my heart . . . practice wicked works.'' --Ps. cxli. 4.
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     2. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc.,
        as, to practice law or medicine.
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     2. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement,
        or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice
        gunnery; to practice music.
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     4. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to
        commit; to execute; to do. ``Aught but Talbot's shadow
        whereon to practice your severity.'' --Shak.
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              As this advice ye practice or neglect. --Pope.
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     5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.]
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              In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced
              Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.    --Massinger.
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     6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
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              In church they are taught to love God; after church
              they are practiced to love their neighbor. --Landor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Practiced \Prac"ticed\, a. [Often written practised.]
     1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman.
        ``A practiced picklock.'' --Ld. Lytton.
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     2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Practiced; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Practicing.] [Often written practise, practised,
     practising.]
     1. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually;
        to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. ``Incline
        not my heart . . . practice wicked works.''

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  practiced
       adj 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, expert, good,
              proficient, skillful, skilful]
       2: skillful after much practice [syn: practised]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     a.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     alt.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     vb.
     (infl of en practice  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     a.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     alt.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     vb.
     (infl of en practice  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     a.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     alt.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     vb.
     (infl of en practice  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     a.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     alt.
     skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
     vb.
     (infl of en practice  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p ractice d)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  practiced
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en practice ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb practice)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Practiced /pɹˈaktɪst/
  ممارس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  practiced /pɹˈaktɪst/ 
  vycvičený