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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Practice \Prac"tice\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine.
2. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music.
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.
As this advice ye practice or neglect. --Pope.
5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.]
In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. --Massinger.
6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor. --Landor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
practicing
adjective: actively engaged in a career or way of life; "a practicing physician"; "a practicing Catholic"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "practicing": acting, active, behavioral, compliant, conforming, conscientious, constant, devoted, devout, duteous, dutiful, faithful, functional, functioning, inaction, loyal, meticulous, mindful, observant, operating, operational, performing, punctilious, punctual, regardful, scrupulous, serving, true, working
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