practisingpracticingn.

Brit.

/ˈpraktᵻsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpræktəsɪŋ/

Forms: see practise v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 practizeing, 1700s practiceing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < practise v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier practic n.¹, practice n., practive n.

1. Action, performance, carrying out; exercise of a profession, esp. medicine or law. Now usually: repeated execution of a skill in order to acquire or maintain proficiency. Also occasionally as a count noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > by going through beforehand

practising?a1425

rehearse1463

exercitation1475

practice1504

rehearsal1579

woodshedding1927

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up

practising?a1425

jonglery1616

assaying1693

warming1874

woodshedding1927

?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 264 (MED) No mason schulde worche be nyȝth But ȝef hyt be yn practesynge of wytte.

c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 83 (MED) Onez in a tyme in þe bigynnyng of my practizing, when I knew noȝt þe violence of þam, I putte of þe puluer of þe tuo forsayd in þe legge of tuo men.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour I. xxii. sig. L7^u Here is the perfecte paterne of Industrie, whiche I trust shal suffice..to be vnderstande of the reders. And consequently to incende them to approche to the true practising therof.

1568 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1728) IV. i. 119 Ȝour G. passing in England usit a commown practising with sick of the borderouris as thai mycht be inducet to brek the countrie.

1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 290 And to this end had..freed and liberate all men from the practising of the five Articles.

1658 E. Burrough True State Christianity 26 Your practicing of these things, which the Saints and Christians once practised.

1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 104 By much practising in hot Countries [he], gets a Skin not much unlike a Red Herring.

1724 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 147 Given her at a practiceing.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 294 A petition..to..forbid filazers..from practising.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. iv. 71 I got Harriet to watch the practisings..delighting my father on his return with many neatly given passages from his favourite Corelli.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 10/1 The fields..were the chief practising-grounds for the City archers.

1909 Dial. Notes 3 270 Singing, (all-day), a gathering of singers to spend the day in practising.

1990 N. Payne Grenadian Childhood 39 Terry Evans and Beryl Steele were roped into the practising at every convenient moment.

†2. An act or the action of plotting, conspiracy, or treachery. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]

compassinga1300

contrivingc1330

undermining1433

imagininga1449

engininga1450

practising?1545

machinationc1550

packing1587

plotting1593

contrival1602

managing1607

tamperinga1627

practicking1640

texturea1641

contrivance1647

briguing1657

intrigue1668

intriguing1801

policizing1809

scheming1813

intriguery1815

schemery1822

plottery1823

shenanigan1855

game playing1916

shenaniganning1924

wheeler-dealing1968

wheeling and dealing1969

wheeling-dealing1973

?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Hv^v Abhominable in the practisynges of their wicked hartes.

1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. iv. 5 Rome..from whom nothing is to be feared, but evil will, cursing and practising.

1588 Narr. Def. Berghen 11 Oct. in Ancaster MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1907) 213 Swigo and Petro de Lugo were hanged for their practisinge for the north fort.

1861 W. S. Perry Hist. Church Eng. I. iv. 162 The continued plottings and practisings of the Jesuits were ever a source of political danger.

Phrases

practising certificate n. a certificate issued by an authority entitling an individual to practise a particular profession, esp. law.

ΚΠ

1823 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 4 541 That clause which imposes fine, and even forfeiture of practising certificate, on the apothecary.

1889 St. James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 7/1 I never intended that solicitors who do not take out practising certificates should give a guarantee.

1970 Guardian 25 Feb. 16/3 In order to preserve the independence of the practising accountant there will be careful regulations as to the issue of practising certificates.

2017 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 1 A Gladstone solicitor has had his practising certificate cancelled.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

practisingpracticingadj.

Brit.

/ˈpraktᵻsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpræktəsɪŋ/

Forms: see practise v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < practise v. + -ing suffix². In sense 2b after French pratiquant, adjective (see pratiquant adj. and n.).

†1. Plotting, scheming; engaging in deceit or trickery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective]

compassingc1440

practising1556

plotting1592

contrivinga1616

intriguing1682

plotful1732

machinating1751

policizing1825

scheming1838

intriguant1897

wheeling-dealing1973

1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power 136 But what at leinght becometh of our practiceing P[aget]? He is committed to warde.

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lv. 247 Throckmorton yeat, more priuie and more practising than those,..Did Mischiefes that imported more our practiz'd State disclose.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 206 A notorious Rebell..(an inward man, and a great practising instrument with Tyrone).

a. Trained in and exercising a particular skill or discipline; engaged in practice, esp. in medicine or the law.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > [adjective] > practising law

practising1625

society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > carrying on a profession

exercent1610

practising1625

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [adjective]

practising1625

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 16 Most of our practising Parsons and Vicars become suddenly Physitians.

1674 J. T. tr. G. Harvey Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Fevors ii. 14 The equality which Authors are wont to apply to a thick and rare pulse, likewise to the tone or musical rithme, we pass by, being rather apt to occasion confusion to the practising Physician.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 36 Running after..every practising old Woman, for Medicines.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 310 The quirk and evasion of a practising lawyer.

1811 Statist. Acct. Towns & Parishes Connecticut 40 There are in New-Haven..also..9 practising physicians.

1837 G. Wightwick (title) Sketches of a practising architect.

1889 Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 142/1 He had been in the receipt of a very large share of business as a practising barrister, but his quarrel..was professionally most injurious to him.

1902 Act 2 Edward VII c. 17 §10 Every woman..shall before holding herself out as a practising midwife..give notice in writing.

1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 III. 147/2 Besides writing on art Quilter was a collector and a practising artist.

1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male i. 3 Practicing physicians find thousands of their patients in need of such objective data.

1997 Calif. Lawyer July 94/2 (advt.) Practicing Emergency Room Nurse and educator.

b. Observing the teaching and rules of a particular religion. Also: living according to a particular political or philosophical ideology.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > church-going > [adjective]

churchgoing1632

go-to-meeting1817

practising1873

1873 D. W. Jerrold Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lect. p. xxii Everybody has been made..a practising Christian.

1906 Daily News 18 Sept. 6 A ‘practising’ Catholic bitterly disappointed with the attitude of the Pope.

1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xxi. 238 I was the only practising Anglican, though I did not practise much.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Dec. 82/2 Hull..is a practicing pacifist on the ice, refusing to fight and even proclaiming himself loath to cheap-shot an opponent.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 7 Feb. 49 I've been a practicing Buddhist since I was 19.

c. Habitually engaging in the sexual behaviour associated with one's sexual orientation.

ΚΠ

1955 Times 20 Dec. 9/4 They follow publication of a report on practising homosexuals at Westminster.

1973 Sunday Express 8 July 6/6 There is no evidence that she was a practising lesbian.

1996 S. J. Leonardi & R. A. Pope Diva's Mouth iv. 135 She continues to be a practicing heterosexual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	practising
释义	practisingpracticingn. Brit. /ˈpraktᵻsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpræktəsɪŋ/ Forms: see practise v. and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish pre-1700 practizeing, 1700s practiceing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < practise v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier practic n.¹, practice n., practive n. 1. Action, performance, carrying out; exercise of a profession, esp. medicine or law. Now usually: repeated execution of a skill in order to acquire or maintain proficiency. Also occasionally as a count noun. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > by going through beforehand practising?a1425 rehearse1463 exercitation1475 practice1504 rehearsal1579 woodshedding1927 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up practising?a1425 jonglery1616 assaying1693 warming1874 woodshedding1927 ?a1425 in D. Knoop & G. P. Jones Mediæval Mason (1933) 264 (MED) No mason schulde worche be nyȝth But ȝef hyt be yn practesynge of wytte. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 83 (MED) Onez in a tyme in þe bigynnyng of my practizing, when I knew noȝt þe violence of þam, I putte of þe puluer of þe tuo forsayd in þe legge of tuo men. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour I. xxii. sig. L7^u Here is the perfecte paterne of Industrie, whiche I trust shal suffice..to be vnderstande of the reders. And consequently to incende them to approche to the true practising therof. 1568 in J. Anderson Coll. Mary Queen of Scotl. (1728) IV. i. 119 Ȝour G. passing in England usit a commown practising with sick of the borderouris as thai mycht be inducet to brek the countrie. 1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 290 And to this end had..freed and liberate all men from the practising of the five Articles. 1658 E. Burrough True State Christianity 26 Your practicing of these things, which the Saints and Christians once practised. 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 104 By much practising in hot Countries [he], gets a Skin not much unlike a Red Herring. 1724 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 147 Given her at a practiceing. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 294 A petition..to..forbid filazers..from practising. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. iv. 71 I got Harriet to watch the practisings..delighting my father on his return with many neatly given passages from his favourite Corelli. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 10/1 The fields..were the chief practising-grounds for the City archers. 1909 Dial. Notes 3 270 Singing, (all-day), a gathering of singers to spend the day in practising. 1990 N. Payne Grenadian Childhood 39 Terry Evans and Beryl Steele were roped into the practising at every convenient moment. †2. An act or the action of plotting, conspiracy, or treachery. Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] compassinga1300 contrivingc1330 undermining1433 imagininga1449 engininga1450 practising?1545 machinationc1550 packing1587 plotting1593 contrival1602 managing1607 tamperinga1627 practicking1640 texturea1641 contrivance1647 briguing1657 intrigue1668 intriguing1801 policizing1809 scheming1813 intriguery1815 schemery1822 plottery1823 shenanigan1855 game playing1916 shenaniganning1924 wheeler-dealing1968 wheeling and dealing1969 wheeling-dealing1973 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Hv^v Abhominable in the practisynges of their wicked hartes. 1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. iv. 5 Rome..from whom nothing is to be feared, but evil will, cursing and practising. 1588 Narr. Def. Berghen 11 Oct. in Ancaster MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1907) 213 Swigo and Petro de Lugo were hanged for their practisinge for the north fort. 1861 W. S. Perry Hist. Church Eng. I. iv. 162 The continued plottings and practisings of the Jesuits were ever a source of political danger. Phrases practising certificate n. a certificate issued by an authority entitling an individual to practise a particular profession, esp. law. ΚΠ 1823 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 4 541 That clause which imposes fine, and even forfeiture of practising certificate, on the apothecary. 1889 St. James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 7/1 I never intended that solicitors who do not take out practising certificates should give a guarantee. 1970 Guardian 25 Feb. 16/3 In order to preserve the independence of the practising accountant there will be careful regulations as to the issue of practising certificates. 2017 Observer (Gladstone, Queensland) (Nexis) 21 Mar. 1 A Gladstone solicitor has had his practising certificate cancelled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). practisingpracticingadj. Brit. /ˈpraktᵻsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpræktəsɪŋ/ Forms: see practise v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < practise v. + -ing suffix². In sense 2b after French pratiquant, adjective (see pratiquant adj. and n.). †1. Plotting, scheming; engaging in deceit or trickery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective] compassingc1440 practising1556 plotting1592 contrivinga1616 intriguing1682 plotful1732 machinating1751 policizing1825 scheming1838 intriguant1897 wheeling-dealing1973 1556 J. Ponet Shorte Treat. Politike Power 136 But what at leinght becometh of our practiceing P[aget]? He is committed to warde. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lv. 247 Throckmorton yeat, more priuie and more practising than those,..Did Mischiefes that imported more our practiz'd State disclose. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 206 A notorious Rebell..(an inward man, and a great practising instrument with Tyrone). 2. a. Trained in and exercising a particular skill or discipline; engaged in practice, esp. in medicine or the law. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > [adjective] > practising law practising1625 society > occupation and work > working > [adjective] > carrying on a profession exercent1610 practising1625 the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > [adjective] practising1625 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. ii. 16 Most of our practising Parsons and Vicars become suddenly Physitians. 1674 J. T. tr. G. Harvey Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Fevors ii. 14 The equality which Authors are wont to apply to a thick and rare pulse, likewise to the tone or musical rithme, we pass by, being rather apt to occasion confusion to the practising Physician. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 36 Running after..every practising old Woman, for Medicines. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 310 The quirk and evasion of a practising lawyer. 1811 Statist. Acct. Towns & Parishes Connecticut 40 There are in New-Haven..also..9 practising physicians. 1837 G. Wightwick (title) Sketches of a practising architect. 1889 Dict. National Biogr. XVII. 142/1 He had been in the receipt of a very large share of business as a practising barrister, but his quarrel..was professionally most injurious to him. 1902 Act 2 Edward VII c. 17 §10 Every woman..shall before holding herself out as a practising midwife..give notice in writing. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 III. 147/2 Besides writing on art Quilter was a collector and a practising artist. 1948 A. C. Kinsey et al. Sexual Behavior Human Male i. 3 Practicing physicians find thousands of their patients in need of such objective data. 1997 Calif. Lawyer July 94/2 (advt.) Practicing Emergency Room Nurse and educator. b. Observing the teaching and rules of a particular religion. Also: living according to a particular political or philosophical ideology. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > church-going > [adjective] churchgoing1632 go-to-meeting1817 practising1873 1873 D. W. Jerrold Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lect. p. xxii Everybody has been made..a practising Christian. 1906 Daily News 18 Sept. 6 A ‘practising’ Catholic bitterly disappointed with the attitude of the Pope. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xxi. 238 I was the only practising Anglican, though I did not practise much. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Dec. 82/2 Hull..is a practicing pacifist on the ice, refusing to fight and even proclaiming himself loath to cheap-shot an opponent. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 7 Feb. 49 I've been a practicing Buddhist since I was 19. c. Habitually engaging in the sexual behaviour associated with one's sexual orientation. ΚΠ 1955 Times 20 Dec. 9/4 They follow publication of a report on practising homosexuals at Westminster. 1973 Sunday Express 8 July 6/6 There is no evidence that she was a practising lesbian. 1996 S. J. Leonardi & R. A. Pope Diva's Mouth iv. 135 She continues to be a practicing heterosexual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.1556
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