practisest

Verb

practise (third-person singular simple present practises, present participle practising, simple past and past participle practised)

1. (transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
   • You should practise playing piano every day.
2. (intransitive) To repeat an activity in this way.
   • If you want to speak French well, you need to practise.
3. (transitive) To perform or observe in an habitual fashion.
   • They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
4. (transitive) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
   • She practised law for forty years before retiring.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To conspire.
6. To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
   • Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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