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English Dictionary: [practice] by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Practice \Prac"tice\, n. [OE. praktike, practique, F. pratique,
      formerly also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      practical. See {Practical}, and cf. {Pratique}, {Pretty}.]
      1. 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.

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. [bd]Incline
            not my heart . . . practice wicked works.[b8]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Practice \Prac"tice\, v. i. [Often written practise.]
      1. To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either
            for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice
            with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the
            piano.
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