practic

American  

[prak-tik] / ˈpræk tɪk /

adjective

1. practical.

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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

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 Jonson, Ben

“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 Zeitlin, Jacob

“Hamlet,” iii, 2, 24. the act and practic.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

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 Jonson, Ben

Something like that the Poet must have been thinking of, when he spoke of making 'the art and practic part of life, the mistress to its theoric;'—'let that mark out and limit the theoretical.'

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia