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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.]

Wrong practice.

Impracticable; not feasible.

Not practical; impractical. "Unpractical questions." H. James. I like him none the less for being unpractical. Lowell.

The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism. The element of absolutism and prelacy was controlling. Palfrey.

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. The abstinence from…

me which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, a…

A corrupt practice or custom; offense; crime; fault; as, the abuses in the civil service. Abuse after disappeared without a struggle.. Macaulay.

Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle.

The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.

s fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. Adventurer.

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

regulate one's conduct according to. -- To act up to, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice; as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; - - opposed to Ant: speculative or Ant: theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.

To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to matters indifferent in faith and practice. Shipley.

action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate. It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. Barrow. 'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. Shak.

The act or practice of admitting.