Practice

prak′tis, n. the habit of doing anything: frequent use: state of being used: regular exercise for instruction: performance: method: medical treatment: exercise of any profe ion: a rule or method in arithmetic.— ns. Practicabil′ity , Prac′tic able ne , quality of being practicable.— adj. Prac′ticable , that may be practised, used, or followed: pa able, as a road.— adv. Prac′ticably .— adj. Prac′tical , that can be put in practice: useful: applying knowledge to some useful end: derived from practice.— ns. Practical′ity ; Prac′tical-joke , a trick of an annoying kind played on any one; Prac′tical-knowl′edge , knowledge which results in action.— adv. Prac′tically , in a practical way: actually: by actual trial.— n. Prac′ticalne . [M. E. praktike —O. Fr. practique —Gr. praktikos , fit for doing— pra ein , to do.]