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practise
Definitions
[ˈpraktɪs], (Verb)
Definitions:
- perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it
(e.g: I need to practise my French)
- carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly
(e.g: we still practise some of these rituals today)
- scheme or plot for an evil purpose
(e.g: what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive)
Phrases:
- practise what one preaches
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos (see practical)
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