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General practitionerPractitioner Prac*ti"tion*er, n. [From Practician.]
1. One who is engaged in the actual use or exercise of any
art or profession, particularly that of law or medicine.
--Crabbe.
2. One who does anything customarily or habitually.
3. A sly or artful person. --Whitgift.
General practitioner. See under General, 2. ImpracticabilitiesImpracticability Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty, n.; pl.
Impracticabilities.
1. The state or quality of being impracticable;
infeasibility. --Goldsmith.
2. An impracticable thing.
3. Intractableness; stubbornness. ImpracticabilityImpracticability Im*prac`ti*ca*bil"i*ty, n.; pl.
Impracticabilities.
1. The state or quality of being impracticable;
infeasibility. --Goldsmith.
2. An impracticable thing.
3. Intractableness; stubbornness. ImpracticableImpracticable Im*prac"ti*ca*ble, a.
1. Not practicable; incapable of being performed, or
accomplished by the means employed, or at command;
impossible; as, an impracticable undertaking.
2. Not to be overcome, presuaded, or controlled by any
reasonable method; unmanageable; intractable; not capable
of being easily dealt with; -- used in a general sense, as
applied to a person or thing that is difficult to control
or get along with.
This though, impracticable heart Is governed by a
dainty-fingered girl. --Rowe.
Patriotic butloyal men went away disguested afresh
with the impracticable arrogance of a sovereign.
--Palfrey.
3. Incapable of being used or availed of; as, an
impracticable road; an impracticable method.
Syn: Impossible; infeasible. -- Impracticable,
Impossible. A thing is impracticable when it can not
be accomplished by any human means at present possessed;
a thing is impossible when the laws of nature forbid it.
The navigation of a river may now be impracticable, but
not impossible, because the existing obstructions may
yet be removed. ``The barons exercised the most despotic
authority over their vassals, and every scheme of public
utility was rendered impracticable by their continued
petty wars with each other.' --Mickle. ``With men this
is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'
--Matt. xix. 26. Impracticableness
Impracticableness Im*prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n.
The state or quality of being impracticable;
impracticability.
Impracticably
Impracticably Im*prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.
In an impracticable manner.
Morality not impracticably rigid. --Johnson.
Impractical
Impractical Im*prac"ti*cal, a.
Not practical.
MalepracticeMalepractice Male*prac"tice, n.
See Malpractice. malepracticeMalpractice Mal*prac"tice, n. [Mal- + practice.]
Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary
to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case
by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to
accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
[Written also malepractice.] MalpracticeMalpractice Mal*prac"tice, n. [Mal- + practice.]
Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary
to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case
by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to
accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
[Written also malepractice.] Mispractice
Mispractice Mis*prac"tice, n.
Wrong practice.
PracticPractic Prac"tic, a. [See Practical.]
1. Practical.
2. Artful; deceitful; skillful. [Obs.] ``Cunning sleights and
practick knavery.' --Spenser. Practicability
Practicability Prac"ti*ca*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness;
feasibility. ``The practicability of such a project.'
--Stewart.
PracticablePracticable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act,
transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
or accomplished with available means or resources;
feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
practicable good.
2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
of the means requisite to its performance. --
Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv. Practicable breachPracticable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act,
transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
or accomplished with available means or resources;
feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
practicable good.
2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
of the means requisite to its performance. --
Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv. PracticablenessPracticable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act,
transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
or accomplished with available means or resources;
feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
practicable good.
2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
of the means requisite to its performance. --
Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv. PracticablyPracticable Prac"ti*ca*ble, a. [LL. practicare to act,
transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
or accomplished with available means or resources;
feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
practicable good.
2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
of the means requisite to its performance. --
Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv. Practical chemistryChemistry Chem"is*try (k[e^]m"[i^]s*tr[y^]; 277), n. [From
Chemist. See Alchemy.]
1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of
substances, and of the changes which they undergo in
consequence of alterations in the constitution of the
molecules, which depend upon variations of the number,
kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms.
These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely
the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained.
Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and
constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.
Note: Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or
alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified.
2. An application of chemical theory and method to the
consideration of some particular subject; as, the
chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.
3. A treatise on chemistry.
Note: This word and its derivatives were formerly written
with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the
first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or
chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the
pronunciation was conformed to the orthography.
Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or
mineral substances.
Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances
which form the structure of organized beings and their
products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also
chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no
fundamental difference between organic and inorganic
chemistry.
Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and
tissues of the body, and of the various physiological
processes incident to life.
Practical chemistry, or Applied chemistry, that which
treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of
chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their
applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions
essential to their best use.
Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories
of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without
necessary reference to their practical applications or
mere utility. Practicality
Practicality Prac`ti*cal"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being practical; practicalness.
Practicalize
Practicalize Prac"ti*cal*ize, v. t.
To render practical. [R.] ``Practicalizing influences.' --J.
S. Mill.
Practically
Practically Prac"ti*cal*ly, adv.
1. In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look
at things practically; practically worthless.
2. By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment;
as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted
with a subject.
3. In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe;
theoretically wrong, but practically right.
PracticalnessPracticalness Prac"ti*cal*ness, n.
Same as Practicality. PracticePractice Prac"tice, n. [OE. praktike, practique, F. pratique,
formerly also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?
practical. See Practical, and cf. Pratique, Pretty.]
1. Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual
performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind;
usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early;
the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the
practice of daily exercise. PracticePractice 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.' Practice
Practice Prac"tice, v. i. [Often written practise.]
1. To perform certain acts frequently or customarily, either
for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice
with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the
piano.
PracticedPractice 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.' Practiced
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.
Practicer
Practicer Prac"ti*cer, n. [Often written practiser.]
1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who
customarily performs certain acts. --South.
2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner.
3. One who uses art or stratagem. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Practician
Practician Prac*ti"cian, n. [F. praticien, OF. also
practicien.]
One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by
practice; a practitioner.
PracticingPractice 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.'
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