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Practiced definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRAC'TICED, pp. Done by a repetition of acts; customarily performed or used.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful]
2: skillful after much practice [syn: practiced, practised]

Merriam Webster's

also practised adjective Date: 1568 1. experienced, skilled <a practiced chef> 2. learned by practice <a practiced skill>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Practice Prac"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Practiced; p. pr. & vb. n. Practicing.] [Often written practise, practised, practising.] 1. To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually; to make a practice of; as, to practice gaming. ``Incline not my heart . . . practice wicked works.''

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Practiced Prac"ticed, a. [Often written practised.] 1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. ``A practiced picklock.'' --Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.

Moby Thesaurus

accomplished, at concert pitch, blase, career, coached, conversant, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, experienced, finished, initiate, initiated, knowing, mature, matured, not born yesterday, old, old-time, practical, prepared, primed, professional, ripe, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, skilled, sophisticated, technical, trained, tried, tried and true, versed, vet, veteran, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise