practise
(US practice) • verb 1 perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly in order to improve or maintain proficiency in it. 2 carry out or perform (an activity or custom) habitually or regularly. 3 be engaged in (a particular profession). 4 observe the teaching and rules of (a religion). 5 archaic scheme or plot for an evil purpose. — ORIGIN Old French practiser, from Latin practicare ‘perform, carry out’.
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