[ˈpraktɪs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it
(e.g: I need to practise my French)

- carry out or perform (a particular activity, method, or custom) habitually or regularly
(e.g: we still practise some of these rituals today)

- scheme or plot for an evil purpose
(e.g: what a tangled web we weave when we first practise to deceive)


Phrases:
- practise what one preaches

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French practiser or medieval Latin practizare, alteration of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Greek praktikē, feminine (used as a noun), of praktikos (see practical)