practice
practice
subs.
Habit, custom: P. and V. ἔθος, τό, νόμος, ὁ, νόμῐμον, τό (generally pl.), P. ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, V. νόμισμα, τό.
Exercise: Ar. and P. μελέτη, ἡ, P. ἄσκησις, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευσις, ἡ.
As opposed to theory: P. τριβή, ἡ.
Want of practice: P. ἀμελετησία, ἡ.
Put in practice, v.: use practise.
subs.
Habit, custom: P. and V. ἔθος, τό, νόμος, ὁ, νόμῐμον, τό (generally pl.), P. ἐπιτήδευμα, τό, V. νόμισμα, τό.
Exercise: Ar. and P. μελέτη, ἡ, P. ἄσκησις, ἡ, ἐπιτήδευσις, ἡ.
As opposed to theory: P. τριβή, ἡ.
Want of practice: P. ἀμελετησία, ἡ.
Put in practice, v.: use practise.
practise
v. trans.
Exercise, train: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν (Eur. Rhes.), γυμνάζειν, Ar. also P. μελετᾶν, ἐπασκεῖν.
Practise beforehand: Ar. and P. προμελετᾶν.
Put in force: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Practise (qualities, etc.): P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπῐτηδεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπασκεῖν, P. διαπονεῖν (or mid).
Join in practicing: P. συνασκεῖν (acc.).
Used absol. Ar. also P. μελετᾶν, P. γυμνάζεσθαι, ἐκμελετᾶν.
v. trans.
Exercise, train: P. and V. ἀσκεῖν (Eur. Rhes.), γυμνάζειν, Ar. also P. μελετᾶν, ἐπασκεῖν.
Practise beforehand: Ar. and P. προμελετᾶν.
Put in force: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.).
Practise (qualities, etc.): P. and V. ἀσκεῖν, ἐπῐτηδεύειν, Ar. and P. ἐπασκεῖν, P. διαπονεῖν (or mid).
Join in practicing: P. συνασκεῖν (acc.).
Used absol. Ar. also P. μελετᾶν, P. γυμνάζεσθαι, ἐκμελετᾶν.
PRACTICE
usus: exercitatio: usus et consuetude. To grow so expert by practice that in eam se consuetudinem adducere ut (Caes. B.G. 4 1): in practice inter agendum; in agendo: plur. practices i.e. arts artes; machinae; callida consilia plur.
As opposed to theory usus rerum: usus et tractatio rerum: prudentia (skill). To have learned more by practice than by theory minus in studio quam in rebus et usu versatum esse: one must join theory and practice together discas oportet et quod didicisti agendo confirmes: the practice of a physician medicinae usus et tractatio; of a barrister causarum actio: to have an extensive practice a multis consuli (of a physician); multas causas actitare (of a lawyer): to leave off practice curandi finem facere (of a physician); causas agere desinere (of a lawyer).
usus: exercitatio: usus et consuetude. To grow so expert by practice that in eam se consuetudinem adducere ut (Caes. B.G. 4 1): in practice inter agendum; in agendo: plur. practices i.e. arts artes; machinae; callida consilia plur.
As opposed to theory usus rerum: usus et tractatio rerum: prudentia (skill). To have learned more by practice than by theory minus in studio quam in rebus et usu versatum esse: one must join theory and practice together discas oportet et quod didicisti agendo confirmes: the practice of a physician medicinae usus et tractatio; of a barrister causarum actio: to have an extensive practice a multis consuli (of a physician); multas causas actitare (of a lawyer): to leave off practice curandi finem facere (of a physician); causas agere desinere (of a lawyer).
PRACTISE
facere: exercere. To practise a profession facere; factitare: to practise as a physician medicinam exercere facere factitare: to practise at the bar causas agere; in causis agendis or in foro esse or versari; in judiciis causas versare (Cic.): not to be allowed to practise any longer *ex causidicorum ordine removeri omnique causas agendi venia privari (of a lawyer).
facere: exercere. To practise a profession facere; factitare: to practise as a physician medicinam exercere facere factitare: to practise at the bar causas agere; in causis agendis or in foro esse or versari; in judiciis causas versare (Cic.): not to be allowed to practise any longer *ex causidicorum ordine removeri omnique causas agendi venia privari (of a lawyer).
practice:
I. Actual employment or experience:
1. ūsus, ūs: the p. of speaking (opp. theory), loquendi u. (opp. scientia), Cic. Or. 48, 160. Oft. with a syn.: e. g. usus ac tractatio [dicendi], id. Off. 1, 18, 60; usus exercitatioque, id. Div. Verr. 15, init.
2. exercĭtātio: the arts and (constant) p. of virtue, artes et exercitationes virtutum, id. Sen. 3, 9. Join: exercitatio ususque [dicendi], id. Coel. 22, 54. (N.B.--Usus is the word of wider extent.)
3. tractātio: with usus: v. supr. See alsoEXPERIENCE .
II. Custom: consuētūdo: the inhuman p. of human sacrifices, immanis c. hominum immolandorum, Cic. Font. 10, 21: it is not my usual p., non est c. meae, id. Rab. perd. init. To get into the p. of doing something, insuescere, consuescere: v.TO ACCUSTOM ONESELF .
III. Exercise of any profession: Phr.: to have an extensive p. as a barrister, *multas causas actitare; in foro multum versari: he had a large p. as a physician, *medicus erat praecipuae celebritatis.
IV Only in pl. = course of conduct;esp. of an underhand or reprehensible nature: artes: cf. Sall. Cat. 2, med. (imperium facile his artibus retinetur quibus initio partum est): so, id. 3, malae artes: to be guilty of corrupt p.s (in law), jura et exempla corrumpere, Cic.: v. TO TAMPER WITH .
V. Actual doing: usu. not to be expr.: to gain fame by the p. of justice, clemency, etc., *justitiâ, clementiâ nomen famamque consequi, etc.
I. Actual employment or experience:
1. ūsus, ūs: the p. of speaking (
2. exercĭtātio: the arts and (constant) p. of virtue, artes et exercitationes virtutum, id. Sen. 3, 9. Join: exercitatio ususque [dicendi], id. Coel. 22, 54. (N.B.--Usus is the word of wider extent.)
3. tractātio: with usus: v. supr. See also
II. Custom: consuētūdo: the inhuman p. of human sacrifices, immanis c. hominum immolandorum, Cic. Font. 10, 21: it is not my usual p., non est c. meae, id. Rab. perd. init. To get into the p. of doing something, insuescere, consuescere: v.
III. Exercise of any profession: Phr.: to have an extensive p. as a barrister, *multas causas actitare; in foro multum versari: he had a large p. as a physician, *medicus erat praecipuae celebritatis.
IV Only in pl. = course of conduct;
V. Actual doing: usu. not to be expr.: to gain fame by the p. of justice, clemency, etc., *justitiâ, clementiâ nomen famamque consequi, etc.
practise:
I. To exercise:
1. exerceo, 2: to p. rhetoric, rhetoricen ex., Quint. 2, 1. 3: to p. oneself in extemporary speech, ex. se in subitis dictionibus, Cic. de Or. 1. 33, 152: v.TO EXERCISE .
2. tracto, 1 (to deal much with): to p. an art, artem t., Ter. Ph. prol. 17.
II. To do habitually:
1. factĭto, 1: these things were p.d in the time of our ancestors, haec apud majores nostros factitata, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85.
2. cĕlebro, 1 (to engage in frequently or regularly): a kind of divination p.d both in public and private, genus divinationis publice privatimque celebratum, Cic. Div. 1, 2, init.: cf. de Or. 1, init., artes celebrare atque recolere. Phr.: to p. what one preaches, quae quis doceat in usu habere, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11.
III. To pursue a calling:
1. făcio, 3: to p. the calling of a soothsayer, haruspicinam f., Cic. Fam. 6, 18. Also frequent. factĭto, 1: to p. physic, medicinam f., Quint. 7, 2, 26: Phaedr.
2. exerceo, 2: to p. physic, medicinam ex., Cic. Clu. 63, extr. Phr.: to p. as a pleader, causas agere, actitare (v.TO PLEAD , II.): not to be allowed to p., *a foro removeri.
IV. To go carefully over a lesson: mĕdĭtor, 1: v.TO STUDY .
I. To exercise:
1. exerceo, 2: to p. rhetoric, rhetoricen ex., Quint. 2, 1. 3: to p. oneself in extemporary speech, ex. se in subitis dictionibus, Cic. de Or. 1. 33, 152: v.
2. tracto, 1 (to deal much with): to p. an art, artem t., Ter. Ph. prol. 17.
II. To do habitually:
1. factĭto, 1: these things were p.d in the time of our ancestors, haec apud majores nostros factitata, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85.
2. cĕlebro, 1 (to engage in frequently or regularly): a kind of divination p.d both in public and private, genus divinationis publice privatimque celebratum, Cic. Div. 1, 2, init.: cf. de Or. 1, init., artes celebrare atque recolere. Phr.: to p. what one preaches, quae quis doceat in usu habere, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 11.
III. To pursue a calling:
1. făcio, 3: to p. the calling of a soothsayer, haruspicinam f., Cic. Fam. 6, 18. Also frequent. factĭto, 1: to p. physic, medicinam f., Quint. 7, 2, 26: Phaedr.
2. exerceo, 2: to p. physic, medicinam ex., Cic. Clu. 63, extr. Phr.: to p. as a pleader, causas agere, actitare (v.
IV. To go carefully over a lesson: mĕdĭtor, 1: v.
usurpo
...upon, take into use, make use of, use, employ, adopt, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy
exercito
exercise frequently or diligently, practise; agitate, disturb
factito
to do frequently, do habitually, practise, make persistently
expromo
to show forth, discover, exert, practise, exhibit, display
to play beforehand, prelude, practise
...upon, take into use, make use of, use, employ, adopt, apply, practise, exercise, enjoy
exercito
exercise frequently or diligently, practise; agitate, disturb
factito
to do frequently, do habitually, practise, make persistently
expromo
to show forth, discover, exert, practise, exhibit, display
appearing fewer than 50 times
proludoto play beforehand, prelude, practise