Definition of Practised

1. Adjective. Skillful after much practice.

Exact synonyms: Practiced
Similar to: Experienced, Experient

Definition of Practised

1. Verb. (past of practise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Practised

1. practise [v] - See also: practise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Practised

practicers
practices
practician
practicians
practicing
practicioner
practick
practicks
practics
practicum
practicums
practis'd
practisant
practisants
practise
practised (current term)
practiser
practisers
practises
practising
practisour
practisours
practitioner
practitioners
practive
prad
prads
prae-
praecava
praecavae

Literary usage of Practised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"And not only these, but many other eminent painters have practised ... The two countries in which etching has been most practised are Holland and France. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Then follow Divine revelations regarding belief in false prophecies, and disbelief in the very presence of the idolatry practised in and near the temple ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"When the disciples, after the completion of the Messianic work, took up again the baptismal rite which they had formerly practised at his command (John iii, ..."

4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"How can this faculty be explained 1 Is it a consequence of the more practised habits of perception and keener senses, common to all men in a savage state, ..."

5. Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (1895)
"... gentlewoman having practised with great success in the late plague in this city, anno 1 1636, gives her advice only to the female sex. ..."

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