practicalist (praktikalist)

[ 4665 Loose principles, and bad practices , and extravagant desires naturally dispose men to endeavour changes and alterations, in hopes of bettering themselves by them. Stilling fleet , Sermons, II. iv. 3. Frequent or customary performance; habit; usage; custom. When I was a Student as you are, my Practice was to borrow rather than buy some sort of Books. Howell, Letters, ii. 21. He [a Maronite priest] prepared a supper for us, and we lay on the top of the house, which is a very common prac tice in this country during the summer season. Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 99. 4. The regular pursuit of some employment or busine ; the exercise of a profe ion; hence, the busine of a practitioner: as, to dispose of one's practice; a physician in lucrative prac tice. Some lawyers are already said to be called upon either to bring certificates of their communicating, or to pay their fines and give over their practice . Court and Times of Charles I. , I. 65. His predece or in this career had "bettered" himself. by seeking the practice of some large town. Trollope , Doctor Thorne. 5. Exercise for instruction or discipline; training; drill: as, practice makes perfect. Proceed in practice with my younger daughter; She 's apt to learn and thankful for good turns. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 165. Practice is the exercise of an art, or the application of a science, in life, which application is itself an art, for it is not every one who is able to apply all he knows. Sir W. Hamilton , Metaph., x. 6. The state of being used; customary use; actual application. Reduc'd to practice , his beloved rule Would only prove him a consummate fool. Cowper, Conversation, 1. 139. practise Sailing cutters cluster about a long wharf that reaches deep water, amd holds in safe moorings the practice -ship Constellation and the school-ship Santee. Harper's Mag ., LXXVII. 168. practician (prak-tish'an), n . [ practicien , praticien , F. praticien , a practiser, practitioner, as adj. practising, practical; as practic + -ian . ] 11. A practitioner. He was ane right Courticiane, An in the Law ane practic i ane . Sir D. Lyndsay , Squyer Meldrum (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1536. 2. One who practises or performs, in distinction from one who theorizes or speculates. They. must shun, on one hand, the blind pride of the fanatic theorist, and, on the other, the no le blind pride of the libertine practician. Guizot, Hist. Civilization (trans., ed. Applet on, 1872), I. 84. practickt, a . and n . See practic . practicst (prak'tiks), n . [Pl. of practic .] The name formerly given to the reported decisions of the Court of Se ion in Scotland with reference to their authority in fixing and proving the practice and consuetudinary rules of law. They are now termed decisions . Also practiques . The latter spoke disparagingly of Sir James Balfour's " practiques ." Quarterly Rev., CXLVI. 60. practisant (prak'ti-zant), n. [ practi sant , ppr. of practiser , practise: see practise , v .] One who practises or acts; an agent; especially, an agent in treachery; a confederate. Here enter'd Pucelle and her practisants . Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 20. practise, practice (prak'tis), ( 'tis), v.; pret. and pp. practised, practiced, ppr. practising, practicing [ = + -ity.] The character of being practical, or concerned with material considerations; practicalne . The fair Susan, stirring up her indolent enthusiasm into practicality , was very succe ful in finding Spanish le ons, and the like, for these distre ed men. Carlyle, Sterling, x. ( Davies .) practicalize (prak'ti-kal-īz), v . t.; pret. and pp. practical i zed , ppr. practical i zing . [ practical + -ize .] To make practical; practical: practical; convert into actual work or use. [Rare.] While he [my father] saved me from the demoralizing effects of school life, he made no effort to provide me with any sufficient substitute for its practical i zing influences. J. S. Mill , Autobiography, p. 37. practically (prak'ti-kal-i), adv . 1. In a practical manner; from a practical point of view; by actual experience; not merely theoretically: as, to be practically acquainted with a busine . Not childhood alone, but the young man till thirty, never feels practically that he is mortal. Lamb , New Year's Eve. Differences of definition are logically unimportant; but practically they sometimes produce the most momentous effects. Macaulay , Mitford's Hist. Greece. 2. In effect; actually, so far as results and relations are concerned; as a matter of fact. Eventually, the head executive agent [in Florence), nominally re-elected from time to time, but practically permanent, became, in the person of Cosmo de' Medici, the founder of an inherited leadership. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 488. Formally, the Imperial power was bestowed by a special grant of the Senate; practically , it was the prize of any Roman that could grasp it. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 337. practicalne (prakʼti-kal-nes), n . Practicality. practice, v . See practise . practice (prak'tis), n. [Formerly also practise; It was with difficulty that he [Arch i me des] was induced to stoop from speculation to practice . Macaulay , Lord Bacon. We study Ethics, as Aristotle says, for the sake of Prac tice; and in practice we are concerned with particulars. H. Sidgwick, Methods of Ethics, p. 191. The world of practice depends on man in quite a different sense from that in which nature, or the world of experience, does so. T. H. Green , Prolegomena to Ethics, § 87. 2. An action; act; proceeding; doing: in the plural, generally in a bad sense. Heauens make our presence and our practises Pleasant and help full to him. Shak., Hamlet (folio 1623), ii. 2. Our practices haue hitherto beene but a ayes, and are still to be amended. Capt . John Smith , Works, I. 59. dexterity. This disease is beyond my practice. What practice , howsoe'er expert, Hath power to give thee as thou wert? Tennyson, In Memoriam, 1xxv. 8. Artifice; treachery; a plot; a stratagem. And in this first yere also this real me was troubled with ciuile sedition, and the craftie practises of the French men. Grafton, Hen. IV., an. 1. His vows were but mere courtship; all his service But practice how to entrap a credulous lady. Fletcher ( and another ), Queen of Corinth, i. 2. About this time were Practices plotted against Queen Elizabeth in behalf of the Queen of Scots, chiefly by Francis Throgmorton, eldest Son of John Throgmorton, Justice of Chester. Baker , Chronicles, p. 362. clung to him and hugg'd him close And call'd him dear protector in her fright, Nor yet forgot her practice in her fright, But wrought upon his mood and hugg'd him close. Tennyson , Merlin and Vivien. But Vivien. 9. In arith., a rule for expeditiously solving questions in proportion, or rather for abridging the operation of multiplying quantities expre ed in different denominations, as when it is required to find the value of a number of articles at so many pounds, shillings, and pence each.-10. The form and manner of conducting legal proceedings, whether at law, or in equity, or in criminal procedure, according to the principles of law and the rules of the court; those legal rules which direct the course of proceeding to bring parties into court, and the course of the court after they are brought in. Bishop. Pleading is generally considered as another branch of the law, because it involves questions of substantive right. - Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act. See corrupt. - In practice (or out of practice). (a) In (or not in) the actual performance or exercise (of some function or occupation): as, a physician who is in practice. ( b ) Hence, in po e ion of (or lacking) that skill or facility which comes from the continuous exercise of bodily or mental power. - Practice Act, a name under which are known statutes of several of the United States, regulating procedure of the courts in civil cases.-Practice cases, practice reports, cases or reports of cases decided on questions of practice, as distinguished from those decided on the merits of controversies. Privateer practice. Same as privateer ism. - To break of a habit or practice. See break.-To put in practice, to apply practically; execute; carry out. Their conceits are [not] the fittest things to bee put in practice, or their own countenances [to] maintaine Plantations. Capt . John Smith , Works, II. 242. =Syn. 3. Habit, Usage, etc. See custom.-5. Practice, Experience. Practice is sometimes erroneously used for experience, which is a much broader word. Practice is the repetition of an act; as, to become a skilled marksman by practice. Experience is, by derivation, a going clear through, and may mean action, but much oftener views the person as acted upon, taught, disciplined, by what befalls him. practiced, practicer. See practised, practiser. practice-ship (prak'tis-ship), n. A ship used for the training of boys and young seamen. IMG:content-0781.png:[blocks in formation] Things learned on earth we shall practise in heaven. Browning, Old Pictures in Florence. 2. To do or perform frequently or habitually; make a practice of; observe or follow usually: as, to practise the Christian virtues; to practise deception. The lawe of god is litel studied,. le e kept & taught; but the olde testament for wynnyng of tythes & offryngis is sumwhat practised. Wyclif , Office of Curates (E. E. T. S.), xxv. I have pardon'd, And pardon'd, and by that have made her fit To practise new sins, not repent the old. Beau , and Fl . , King and no King, i. 1. Why the E enes, as an orthodox Jewish sect, should have practised any secrecy, Joseph us would have found it hard to say. De Quincey , E enes, i. 3t. To make use of; frequent. The court he practised , not the courtier's art. Dryden, Abs. and Achit., i. 825. After having practised the Paris Coaches for four months, I once rid in the easiest Chariot of my Lord's, which came from England. Lister , Journey to Paris, p. 12. 4. To exercise or pursue as a profe ion, art, or occupation: as, to practise law. 2 Fish. Canst thou catch any fishes, then? Per. I never practised it. Shak ., Pericles, ii. 1. 71. The art of architecture continues to be practised with considerable succe in parts of India remote from European influence. J. Fergu on , Hist. Indian Arch., p. 35. 5. To exercise one's self in, with the object of acquiring skill or experience; study or learn by repeated performance: as, to practise a piece of music. Perhaps the ladies will condescend to hear a march and chorus, which some recruits are practising against his majesty comes to the camp. Sheridan (?), The Camp, ii. 3. I wish I had ever practised a love scene-I doubt I shall make a poor figure. Sheridan , The Duenna, ii. 2. 6. To cause to practise; teach by practice or exercise; train; drill. But practise him a little in men, and brush him ore with good companie, and hee shall out ballance those glister ers as much as a solid substance do's a feather, or Gold Gold lace. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Downe-right Scholler. IMG:content-0782.png:[blocks in formation] It is true that Bucking ham and Suffolk were the practis- Raleigh , Hist. World, Pref., p. xi. Of those great master-spirits did not want Detractors then, or practicers against them. B. Jonson, Apol. to Poetaster. practisourt, n. A Middle English form of prac- Verily, a man knows no more rightly than he practises . Rev. S. Ward , Sermons and Treatises, p. 170. 3. To exercise a profe ion; follow a vocation. E'en Radcliffe's doctors travel first to France, Nor dare to practise till they've learned to dance. Pope , Imit. of Horace, ii. 1. 184. One Mr. William Va all had practised with such as were not members of our churches to take some course, that the distinctions which were maintained here, both in civil and church estate, might be taken away. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 319. Syph . But what's this me enger? Sem . I've practised with him, And found a means to let the victor know That Syphax and Sempronius are his friends. practitioner (prak-tish'on-er), n. [Formerly practic i oner for * practicianer , practician + -er1 (the suffix unnece arily added, as in mus i- cianer, etc.).] 1. A practiser; one who acquires knowledge from actual practice; one who has practical experience. He that would be a practitioner in those affaires I hope will allow them not only need full but expedient. præcordia, pre cord i a (prē-kôr'di-ä), n . [= It. precordio , præcordia , neut. pl., the midriff, the stomach, also the breast or heart, præ , before, + cor ( d- ), the heart.] Same as precor- dial region (which see, under precordial ). præcornu (prē-kôr'nū), n .; pl. præcornua (-nū- ä). [NL. (Wilder), præ , before, + cornu = E. horn .] The anterior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain; the forward part of the cerebral procœlia. præcuneal, a . See pre cuneal . præcuneus, pre cuneus (prē-kūnē-us), n .; pl. præcunei , precunei (-1). [L. præ , before, + cuneus , wedge: see cuneus .] The quadrate lob- ule, on the median surface of the cerebral hem i- sphere, just in front of the cuneus. Its anterior boundary is marked by the upturned end of the callosomarginal sulcus. See cuts under cere- bral and corpus . or exercise of any art or profe ion, as law or medicine. There are several Fictions still exercising powerful in- fluence on English jurisprudence which could not be dis- carded without a severe shock to the ideas, and consider able change in the language, of English practitioners . General practitioner, one who practises both medicine and surgery. Formerly in England the general practi- tioner, also called surgeon apothecary or apothecary , was the ordinary family medical attendant, supplying drugs as well as advice to his patients. He was licensed to prac- tise by the Apothecaries' Company (incorporated 1617), and tinct i on is now pa ing away, and the word general prac titioner may be applied, as in the United States, to a phy- sician who practises also surgery and obstetrics. See apothecary. It was clear that Lydgate, by not dispensing drugs, in tended to cast imputations on his equals, and also to ob- scure the limit between his own rank as a general practi- tioner and that of the physicians who, in the interests of the profe ion, felt bound to maintain its various grades. George Eliot , Middle march, ii. 18. To whom he shows his uncle's discontent, And of his secret dangerous practising . IMG:content-0783.png:[blocks in formation] The transportation of the company was committed to Captaine Christopher Newport, a Marriner well practised for the Westerne parts of America. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 150. A scholar and a practiced controversialist. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. A champion roughe, and practyser Of vertue straite and sounde. -ive (as in active ), of practic : see practic .] Ac- tive; actual. Then true religion might be sayd With vs in primitiue; The preachers and the people both Then practively did thriue. prad (prad), n . frey.] A horse. Jargon, 1798. [ paard , a horse: see pal- Tufts , Glo ary of Thieves' IMG:content-0784.png:[blocks in formation] præ-. See pre-. præanal, præauditory, etc. See preanal , etc. præcava, precava (pre-kā'vä), n . [NL., præ , before, + ( vena ) cava .] The vena cava superior of man and the corresponding vein of other animals; the anterior caval vein. præcaval, a . and n . See precaval . præcinctio (pre-singk'ti-ō), n .; pl. præcinct i ones (pre-singk-ti-ō'nēz). [L.: see precinct i on .] In the ancient Roman theater, a pa age running parallel to the seats: equivalent to diazoma in the Greek theater. See cut under diazoma . præcipe, n. See precipe . Præcocest (prēʼkō-sēz), n. pl . [NL., pl. of L. præcox , præcoquis , præcoquus , premature, pre- cocious: see precoce .] Precocial birds; in some systems, as Bonaparte's, a prime division of the cla Aves , including those birds whose young prædial, a . See predial . Prædones (prē-dōnēz), n . pl . [NL. (Latreille, 1807), prædo , one that makes booty,〈 præda , booty, prey: see prey2 .] A subsection of aculeate hymenopterous insects, proposed by Latreille and adopted by West wood, in- cluding the families Crabronidæ , Larridæ , Bem- becidæ, Sphegidæ, Scoliidæ , Mutillidæ , Formicidæ (in the broad sense), and Vespidæ . In Hartig's arrangement, now in vogue, the Prædones would corre- spond to the three series Heterogyna , Fo ores , and Diplop- terygia . præesophageal, a . See preësophageal . præfatio (pre-fash i-ō), n . [ML., præfatio , preface: see preface .] In the celebration of high ma in the Roman Catholic Church, a prayer which immediately precedes the Sanc- tus. On ferial days it is recited; on Sun days and festival days it is sung. præfect, præflor at i on, etc. See prefect , etc. prælabrum (pre-lā'brum), n.; pl. prælabra (-brä). [NL., præ , before, + labrum , lip.] In entom ., the clypeus or epistoma. prælect, prælection, etc. See prelect , etc. præmaxilla (pre-mak-sil'ä), n .; pl. præmaxillæ (-e). Same as premaxillary . præmaxillary, a . and n . See premaxillary . præmetial (pre-mē'shi-al), a . [L. præmetium , the offering of the first fruits measured out beforehand for Ceres, præ , before, + metiri , measure: see metel .] Of or pertaining to the præmunire for which it is granted, or the penalty incurred. Originally the offense contemplated was the introduc tion sfid foreign power into the kingdom. whenever 4667 manger, crib, is that a person by any act incurs a præmunire, it is meant to expre that he thereby incurs the penalty of being out of the crown's crown's protection, of having his præsepium (prē-sē'pi-um), n.; pl. præsepia ( -a ). crown, and his body remain in prison during the sovereign's pleasure. This penalty attached in former times to the offenses of a erting the jurisdiction of the Pope, especially by impleading other subjects in foreign ecclesiastical courts, and denying the sovereign's supremacy. By later statutes, acts of a very miscellaneous nature have been rendered liable to the penalties of præmunire, as refusing to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. He (Henry VIII.] saw that the Præmunire made him absolutely master of the clergy, and, as absolute master, the primary owner of all property. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 254. 21. A serious or awkward position; a predica ment. If the law finds you with two wives at once, There 's a shrewd premunire . Middle ton , Mas singer , and Rowley , Old Law, v. Præmunire case, or the case of præmunire, the name by which reference is frequently made to the conviction and attainder of Robert Lalor, priest, indicted in 1606 (Sir [NL., the shepherds.