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practise
/ˈpɹæktɪs/
verb 5noun 2
Collocations
4(verb.)
ADV
hard | regularly
PREP
for
The team practised every day for the championship match next month.
on
My friend let me practise on her guitar before I bought my own.
Definitions
verb
1
To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
You should practise playing piano every day.
2
To repeat an activity in this way.
If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
3
To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
Hydromancy was extensively practised by the Egyptian priests and sorcerers[.]
4
To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
She practised law for forty years before retiring.
5
To conspire.
noun
1
Obsolete spelling of practice.
And againe You ſaw that I ſpake to you from Heauen, therefore yee ſhall make no Gods of Golde nor ſiluer: as if he ſhould haue ſaide, my practiſe in ſpeakeing to you by voyce and not by Image ſhoulde teach you that by my word and not by image, I am be remembred.
By heauen (fond vvretch) yͧ knovvſt not vvhat thou ſpeak'ſt, / Or elſe thou art ſuborn'd againſt his honor / In hatefull practiſe: […]
2
Misspelling of practice.
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You should practise playing piano every day.
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If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
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They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
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And againe You ſaw that I ſpake to you from Heauen, therefore yee ſhall make no Gods of Golde nor ſiluer: as if he ſhould haue ſaide, my practiſe in ſpeakeing to you by voyce and not by Image ſhoulde
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By heauen (fond vvretch) yͧ knovvſt not vvhat thou ſpeak'ſt, / Or elſe thou art ſuborn'd againſt his honor / In hatefull practiſe: […]
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[T]he practiſe of the Normans, who as a monument of the Conqueſt, would have yoaked the Engliſh vnder their tongue, as they did vnder their command, by compelling them to teach their children in ſchoo
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