Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to practise
Participle: practised
Gerund: practising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | practise |
| you | practise |
| he;she;it | practises |
| we | practise |
| you | practise |
| they | practise |
Perfect
| I | have practised |
| you | have practised |
| he;she;it | has practised |
| we | have practised |
| you | have practised |
| they | have practised |
Past
| I | practised |
| you | practised |
| he;she;it | practised |
| we | practised |
| you | practised |
| they | practised |
Pluperfect
| I | had practised |
| you | had practised |
| he;she;it | had practised |
| we | had practised |
| you | had practised |
| they | had practised |
Future
| I | will practise |
| you | will practise |
| he;she;it | will practise |
| we | will practise |
| you | will practise |
| they | will practise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have practised |
| you | will have practised |
| he;she;it | will have practised |
| we | will have practised |
| you | will have practised |
| they | will have practised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | practise |
| you | practise |
| he;she;it | practise |
| we | practise |
| you | practise |
| they | practise |
Perfect
| I | have practised |
| you | have practised |
| he;she;it | have practised |
| we | have practised |
| you | have practised |
| they | have practised |
Imperfect
| I | practised |
| you | practised |
| he;she;it | practised |
| we | practised |
| you | practised |
| they | practised |
Pluperfect
| I | had practised |
| you | had practised |
| he;she;it | had practised |
| we | had practised |
| you | had practised |
| they | had practised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would practise |
| you | would practise |
| he;she;it | would practise |
| we | would practise |
| you | would practise |
| they | would practise |
Perfect
| I | would have practised |
| you | would have practised |
| he;she;it | would have practised |
| we | would have practised |
| you | would have practised |
| they | would have practised |
Imperative
| you | practise |
| we | Let's practise |
| you | practise |
Verbs conjugated like 'practise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'practise'
practice,
pectise,
praise,
precise,
acetise,
Arabise,
araise,
baptise,
braise,
brattice,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per(h₂)- (“to go over, cross”).Verbs referencing "practise"
Ido praktikar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] to inspire terror in any reflecting fowl living. Her corn-cake, in all its varieties of hoe-cake, dodgers, muffins, and other species too numerous to mention, was a sublime mystery to all less practised compounders; and she would shake her fat sides with honest pride and merriment, as she would narrate the fruitless efforts that one and another of her compeers had made to attain to her elevation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] these entertainments afford a fruitful topic of conversation among the ladies for some days; and the gentlemen are so anxious to shine on these occasions, that they have been sometimes found ‘practising their steps ’ in private, to cut a more distinguished figure in the dance.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] heart was exactly where yours, sir, and mine could be brought, with proper effort and cultivation. The wild look of anguish and utter despair that the woman cast on him might have disturbed one less practised; but he was used to it. He had seen that same look hundreds of times. You can get used to such things, too, my friend; and it is the great object of recent efforts to make our whole northern [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to arrive; how she had written time and again, till she became weary and doubtful; how her health had failed under her anxieties, and how, at last, she had discovered the whole fraud which had been practised on them both. The letter ended with expressions of hope and thankfulness, and professions of undying affection, which were more bitter than death to the unhappy young man. He wrote to her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to the grave, breaking living limbs as did the soldiery who mocked and slew the Saviour of the world, and set defenceless creatures up for targets ! Shall we whimper over legends of the tortures practised on each other by the Pagan Indians, and smile upon the cruelties of Christian men ! Shall we, so long as these things last, exult above the scattered remnants of that race, and triumph in the white [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the window, or down in chinks of the walls; she tangled, broke, and dirtied her thread, or, with a sly movement, would throw a spool away altogether. Her motions were almost as quick as those of a practised conjurer, and her command of her face quite as great; and though Miss Ophelia could not help feeling that so many accidents could not possibly happen in succession, yet she could not, without a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] which one often notices in close old houses. The wall-paper was defaced, in spots, by slops of beer and wine; or garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up, as if somebody had been practising arithmetic there. In the fireplace stood a brazier full of burning charcoal; for, though the weather was not cold, the evenings always seemed damp and chilly in that great room; and Legree, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in affairs of this kind. The owner was exceedingly indignant. He had always treated the slave with such indulgence, and his confidence in his affection was such, that he believed he must have been practised upon to induce him to revolt from him. He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. It was a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)