'Practicing' definitions:
Definition of 'Practicing'
From: GCIDE
- Practice \Prac"tice\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise, or follow, as a profession, trade, art, etc., as, to practice law or medicine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exercise one's self in, for instruction or improvement, or to acquire discipline or dexterity; as, to practice gunnery; to practice music. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- As this advice ye practice or neglect. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To make use of; to employ. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- In malice to this good knight's wife, I practiced Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To teach or accustom by practice; to train. [1913 Webster]
- In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practiced to love their neighbor. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'practicing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Practicing'
- Practic,
- Practicability,
- Practicable,
- Practicableness,
- Practicably,
- Practical,
- Practicality,
- Practicalize,
- Practically,
- Practicalness,
- Practice,
- Practiced,
- Practicer,
- in practice,
- out of practice,
- Chamber practice,
- Practicable breach,
- Practical chemistry,
- Practical joke,
- Sharp practice,
- dental practice,
- family practice,
- for all practical purposes,
- group practice,
- law practice,
- medical practice,
- practical application,
- practical joker,
- practical nurse,
- practical politics,
- practice bundling,
- practice game,
- practice of law,
- practice of medicine,
- practice range,
- practice session,
- practice teacher,
- private practice,
- sexual practice,
- skull practice,
- target practice,
- licensed practical nurse