Practicer

prac·tice  (prkts)

v. prac·ticed, prac·tic·ing, prac·tic·es

v.tr.

1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of: practices courtesy in social situations.

2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill: practice a dance step.

3. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill: practiced the students in handwriting.

4. To work at, especially as a profession: practice law.

5. To carry out in action; observe: practices a religion piously.

6. Obsolete To plot (something evil).

v.intr.

1. To do or perform something habitually or repeatedly.

2. To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.

3. To work at a profession.

4. Archaic To intrigue or plot.

n.

1. A habitual or customary action or way of doing something: makes a practice of being punctual.

2.

a. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill: Practice will make you a good musician.

b. A session of preparation or performance undertaken to acquire or polish a skill: goes to piano practice weekly; scheduled a soccer practice for Saturday.

c. Archaic The skill so learned or perfected.

d. The condition of being skilled through repeated exercise: out of practice.

3. The act or process of doing something; performance or action: a theory that is difficult to put into practice.

4. Exercise of an occupation or profession: the practice of law.

5. The business of a professional person: an obstetrician with her own practice.

6. A habitual or customary action or act. Often used in the plural: That company engages in questionable business practices. Facial tattooing is a standard practice among certain peoples.

7. Law The methods of procedure used in a court of law.

8. Archaic

a. The act of tricking or scheming, especially with malicious intent.

b. A trick, scheme, or intrigue.

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[Middle English practisen, from Old French practiser, alteration of practiquer, from practique, practice, from Medieval Latin prctica; see practicable.]

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practic·er n.

Synonyms: practice, exercise, rehearse
These verbs mean to do repeatedly to acquire or maintain proficiency: practice the shot put; exercising one's wits; rehearsed the play for 14 days. See Also Synonyms at habit.