PRACTICE
NOUNS
1597 ► a particular course of action or conduct; a habit or practice → VEIN → obs.
1686 ► use; practice → IMPROVEMENT → obs.
1828 ► a habit, custom. practice → HANK → Eng. dial.
1890 ► a manner of doing something, a practice → GAG → US sl.
VERBS
1843 ► to practise laboriously; to labour → HAMMER → Eng. dial.
1930 ► to rehearse; to practice one’s part, role, etc. esp. to do so alone and rigorously → WOODSHED → jazz musicians sl.
1971 ► to practice; to rehearse → PRAC → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
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