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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Practise \Prac"tise\, v. t. & i.
See {Practice}.
Note: The analogy of the English language requires that the
noun and verb which are pronounced alike should agree
in spelling. Thus we have notice (n. & v.), noticed,
noticing, noticer; poultice (n. & v.); apprentice (n. &
v.); office (n. & v.), officer (n.); lattice (n.),
latticed (a.); benefice (n.), beneficed (a.), etc Cf
sacrifice (?; n. & v.), surmise (?; n. & v.), promise
(?; n. & v.); compromise (?; n. & v.), etc Contrast
advice (?; n.), and advise (?); device (?), and devise
(?), etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
practise
v 1: engage in a rehearsal of [syn: {rehearse}, {practice}]
2: carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions: "practice
law" [syn: {practice}, {exercise}, {carry out}, {do}]
3: learn by repetition [syn: {drill}, {exercise}, {practice}]
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