practic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of practic
1375–1425; late Middle English practik < Latin prācticus < Greek prāktikós, equivalent to prāk- (verbid stem of prā́ssein to do; see pragmatic, praxis) + -tikos -tic
Example Sentences
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“Hamlet,” iii, 2, 24. the act and practic.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
For he is one who would make 'the art and practic part of life, the mistress to his theoric.'
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
“Henry V,” i, 1, 51: “So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric.”
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin
See, if I hit not all their practic observance, with which they lime twigs to catch their fantastic lady-birds.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
But now, to come to your face of faces, or courtier's face; 'tis of three sorts, according to our subdivision of a courtier, elementary, practic, and theoric.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
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