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practise verb [ ˈpraktɪs ]

• perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.
• "I need to practise my French"
Similar: rehearse, run through, go through, go over, work on, work at, repeat, polish, refine, perfect, train, prepare, exercise, drill, work out, warm up, go through one's paces, keep one's hand in, get into shape, do exercises, study, knock up,
• carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly.
• "we still practise some of these rituals today"
Similar: carry out, perform, do, observe, put into practice, execute, follow, exercise,
• scheme or plot for an evil purpose.
• "what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos (see practical).

practise what one preaches

• do what one advises others to do.



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