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practise


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Practise  \Prac"tise\,  v.  t.  &  i. 
  See  {Practice}. 
 
  Note:  The  analogy  of  the  English  language  requires  that  the 
  noun  and  verb  which  are  pronounced  alike  should  agree 
  in  spelling.  Thus  we  have  notice  (n.  &  v.),  noticed, 
  noticing,  noticer;  poultice  (n.  &  v.);  apprentice  (n.  & 
  v.);  office  (n.  &  v.),  officer  (n.);  lattice  (n.), 
  latticed  (a.);  benefice  (n.),  beneficed  (a.),  etc  Cf 
  sacrifice  (?;  n.  &  v.),  surmise  (?;  n.  &  v.),  promise 
  (?;  n.  &  v.);  compromise  (?;  n.  &  v.),  etc  Contrast 
  advice  (?;  n.),  and  advise  (?);  device  (?),  and  devise 
  (?),  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  practise 
  v  1:  engage  in  a  rehearsal  of  [syn:  {rehearse},  {practice}] 
  2:  carry  out  or  practice;  as  of  jobs  and  professions:  "practice 
  law"  [syn:  {practice},  {exercise},  {carry  out},  {do}] 
  3:  learn  by  repetition  [syn:  {drill},  {exercise},  {practice}] 




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