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Definition: Practised |
PractisedAdjective1. Skillful after much practice. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "practised" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: PractisedSynonym: practiced (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Practised |
| Specialty definitions using "practised": Aulay ♦ Bride Cake, Burglars ♦ CAT WHIPPING, Clothes, Cunning ♦ Devil's Daughter's Portion, Dolly Murrey, Draw the Long Bow, DUCKS AND DRAKES ♦ GENTLE CRAFT ♦ HUNTING THE SQUIRREL ♦ KENT-STREET EJECTMENT, KHAYYAM, Kitten ♦ last minute spending ♦ Mice ♦ nomadic cropping ♦ ORPHEUS, OSTLER ♦ PIG RUNNING, Priest of the Blue-bag, Prospero ♦ ROUND ROBIN, roving agriculture, Ry ♦ Sacred Heart, Sage, Saturnian Verses, Scarification, SCOTCH BAIT, shifting agriculture, shifting cultivation, spate irrigation, Spectacles, Sponges, SWEATING ♦ THIRDING, TO WHIP THE COCK, TRAVELLING PIQUET ♦ WELCH EJECTMENT, WHIPPING THE CAT, WOLF IN THE BREAST. (references) |
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 | Acupuncture being practised in France. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by E.H. Niboyet.. |  | New method of assorting the mail, as practised by Southern slave-holders, or attack on the Post Office, Charleston, S.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A mysterious system of statics is practised throughout daily by prisoners, who are eternally envying the birds and flies |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCARIFICATION, n. A form of penance practised by the mediaeval pious. The rite was performed, sometimes with a knife, sometimes with a hot iron, but always, says Arsenius Asceticus, acceptably if the penitent spared himself no pain nor harmless disfigurement. Scarification, with other crude penances, has now been superseded by benefaction. The founding of a library or endowment of a university is said to yield to the penitent a sharper and more lasting pain than is conferred by the knife or iron, and is therefore a surer means of grace. There are, however, two grave objections to it as a penitential method: the good that it does and the taint of justice. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Practised" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 53.46% of the time. "Practised" is used about 895 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 53.46% | 478 | 12,429 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 32.48% | 291 | 17,055 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 13.95% | 125 | 28,650 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 895 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "practised": well-practised. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aikido having ki practised | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "practised"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bedrewe (able, adroit, clever, dexterous, experienced, expert, proficient, skilful, skilled, skillful). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сръчен (able, adroit, agile, crafty, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, feat, handy, ingenious, knacky, knowing, light-handed, neat-handed, pretty, skilful, skillful, smart, two-handed), умел (able, adept, adroit, dextrous, perfect, scientific, subtle, tactical), отракан (experienced, knowing, pushing, shrewd, smart, wide, wordly-wise), опитен (adept, capable, consummate, empiric, empirical, experienced, experimental, expert, good, grey, laboratory, old, old hand, perfect, pilot, proficient, ripe, scientific, skilful, skilled, skillful, sophisticated, thorough-paced, versed, veteran, whizbang), изпечен (arch, arrant, consummate, hard bitten, perfect). (various references) | |
Chinese | 实践 (on-the-job, Practice, Practiced, Practicing, Practise). (various references) | |
Czech | zkušený (experienced, old, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed). (various references) | |
Danish | diagnose på embryo in vitro (diagnosis practised on the embryo in vitro). (various references) | |
Dutch | geoefend (accomplished, adept, experienced, expert, skilful, skilled, skillful), bedreven (able, adroit, clever, dexterous, experienced, expert, proficient, skilful, skilled, skillful). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ekzercita (experienced, expert, skilful, skilled, skillful). (various references) | |
Finnish | harjaantunut (experienced, skilled, trained). (various references) | |
French | chevronné (proficient). (various references) | |
German | praktizierte. (various references) | |
Greek | έμπειροσ (adept, experienced, skilled, versed), εξασκημένοσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szakavatott (practiced, workmanlike), jártas (artful, cunning, expert, handy, practiced, proficient, versed), gyakorlott (practiced, proficient, skilful, skillful, trained, veteran). (various references) | |
Italian | pratico (businesslike, conversant, down to earth, experienced, expertly, hard-headed, practical, practiced, serviceable, versed), esperto (ably, accomplished, adept, adroit, clever, connoisseur, experienced, expert, oldster, practiced, professional, pundit, skiful, skilful, skilled, skillful, trained). (various references) | |
Korean | 실행하" (implemented, Performed, Practiced). (various references) | |
Manx | schleioil (adroit, dexterous, ingenious, skilful, skilled, talented), jeant (complete, ended, fashioned, finished, made, performed, rendered, right down), cliaghtit (accustomed, conditioned, habituated, seasoned). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actisedpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | hábil (able, adroit, artful, canny, capable, cattish, circumspective, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, diplomatic, knacky, light-handed, neat, neat-handed, skilful, skilled, skillful), experimentado (efficient, experienced, salted, trained, tried, well-tried). (various references) | |
Romanian | experimentat (experienced, expert, old, shrewd, skilled, versed), artificial (artificial, artificially, factitious, false, far fetched, fine-drawn, man-made). (various references) | |
Russian | опытный (developmental, experienced, experimental, expert, factual, knowledgeable, old hand, sophisticated, tentative, versed, worldly wise, worldly-wise). (various references) | |
Spanish | experto (able, accomplished, Ace, adept, adroit, clever, connoisseur, dexterous, experienced, expert, knowledgeable, nifty, nimble, practiced, proficient, seasoned, sharp, skilful, skilled, skillful), hábil (able, accomplished, adroit, capable, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, handy, light-handed, masterly, neat, neat-handed, nifty, proficient, shrewd, skilful, skilled, skillful, slick). (various references) | |
Swedish | van (accustomed, conditioned, skilled, trained, used to, wont, wonted), erfaren (adept, experienced, skilled, veteran). (various references) | |
Turkish | yetenekli (able, capable, clever, competent, fit, gifted, handsome, inclined, intelligent, promising, skilful, skilled, skillful, strong, talented), tecrübeli (experienced, handsome, old, sophisticated, versed, versed in, vet, veteran), deneyimli (conversant, experienced, wise), çalışarak geliştirilmiş. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | умілий (able, artful, capable, clever, daedal, dedal, efficient, handicraft, industrious, neat, neat-handed, proficient, skilful, skillful, workmanlike), вправний (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, canny, capable, clever, crafty, cunning, deft, good, handy, jemmy, neat, neat-handed, nifty, proficient). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thực h nh nhiều, có kinh nghiệm (experienced, old). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Daniel Chapter 8, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egenhqhsan epi th qusia ai amartiai kai errifh camai h dikaiosunh kai epoihse kai euwdwqh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Robur autem datum est contra iuge sacrificium propter peccata et prosternetur veritas in terra et faciet et prosperabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe strengthe is youen to hym ayeinus the contynuel sacrifice for synnes, and trewthe shal be cast doun in erthe; and he shal haue prosperite, and shal do. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Daniel Chapter 8, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang panon gitugyan na lamang kaniya uban sa dayon nga halad-nga-sinunog tungod sa kalapasan; ug gihulog ngadto sa yuta ang kamatuoran, ug kini nagtuman sa iyang gikahimut-an ug miuswag. |
| Chinese | 罪 過 的 緣 故 、 有 軍 旅 ' 常 獻 的 " 祭 交 付 他 、 他 將 真 理 拋 在 地 上 、 任 意 而 行 、 無 不 利 。 |
| Croatian | Vojska se digla na žrtvu svagdašnju zbog opaèine, na zemlju oborila istinu i uspje u svemu što èinjaše. |
| Danish | Og på Alteret for det daglige Offer lagdes en Misgerning; Sandheden kastedes til Jorden, og Hornet havde Lykke med, hvad det gjorde. |
| Dutch | En het heir werd in den afval overgegeven tegen het gedurig offer; en hij wierp de waarheid ter aarde; en deed het, en het gelukte wel. |
| Finnish | Myös sotajoukko jokapäiväisen uhrin lisäksi annettiin rikollisesti alttiiksi tuholle. Se sarvi heitti totuuden maahan, ja mitä se teki, siinä se menestyi. |
| French | L`armée fut livrée avec le sacrifice perpétuel, cause du péché; la corne jeta la vérité par terre, et réussit dans ses entreprises. |
| German | Es ward ihm aber solche Macht gegeben wider das tägliche Opfer um der Sünde willen, daß es die Wahrheit zu Boden schlüge und, was es tat, ihm gelingen mußte. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu orang-orang di sana mulai berdosa dan tidak mempersembahkan kurban-kurban yang diwajibkan itu. Maka ibadah yang benar telah dicampakkan ke tanah. Tanduk itu berhasil dalam segala perbuatannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tentara itu diserahkan kepada kebinasaan serta dengan persembahan yang senantiasa itu oleh perbuatan khianat, dan diempaskannya kebenaran itu ke bumi dan dalam segala yang dibuatnya itu beruntunglah ia. |
| Maori | I homai ano te ope ki a ia me te patunga tapu tuturu, na te kino hoki, na turakina iho e ia te pono ki te whenua; a mahi ana, kake ana. |
| Norwegian | Og sammen med det stadige offer blev hæren overgitt til ødeleggelse for frafallets skyld; og hornet kastet sannheten til jorden, og det hadde fremgang med alt det foretok sig. |
| Portuguese | E o exército lhe foi entregue, juntamente com o holocausto contínuo, por causa da transgressão; lançou a verdade por terra; e fez o que era do seu agrado, e prosperou. |
| Rumanian | Oastea a fost pedepsitq din pricina pqcatului sqvkrwit kmpotriva jertfei necurmate; cornul a aruncat adevqrul la pqmknt, wi a izbutit kn ce a knceput. |
| Swedish | Jämte det dagliga offret bliver ock en härskara prisgiven, för överträdelses skull. Och det slår sanningen ned till jorden och lyckas väl i vad det företager sig. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acridest, adscript, crispate, paretics, peracids, picrated, picrates, practise, predicts, rapidest, scripted, spicated, traipsed. | |
-2 letters: aridest, aseptic, aspired, astride, carpets, credits, crisped, cristae, departs, depicts, despair, diapers, diaster, diptera, directs, discept, dispart, disrate, drastic, paretic, partied, parties, pastier, peracid, petards, piaster, piastre, picrate, pirated, pirates, praised, preacts, precast, predict, raciest, radices, redacts, redcaps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-i-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: discrepant, dispatcher, patricides, pederastic, pediatrics, predicates. | |
+2 letters: depreciates, dispatchers, interspaced, paediatrics, predacities, predynastic. | |
+3 letters: decapitators, decrepitates, deprecations, depreciators, diaphoretics, dipterocarps, discrepantly, orthopaedics, parasiticide, pericarditis, postcardlike, prediabetics, predicaments, predications, reduplicates, transpierced. | |
+4 letters: cardiopathies, depreciations, endoparasitic, parasiticides, pediatricians, perissodactyl, presanctified, privatdocents, propaedeutics. | |
+5 letters: aperiodicities, decrepitations, disrespectable, hyperacidities, paediatricians, pancreatitides, particleboards, particularised, pericarditides, perissodactyls, procrastinated, prognosticated, quadruplicates, reduplications, unpredictables. | |
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