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s improprieties and absurdities. Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. Swift.

icaton of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a turning to good account; practical application, as of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. "A good improvement of his reason." S. Clarke. I shall make some improvement of this doctrine. Tillotson.

capacity. It is not from an inability to discover what they ought to do, that men err in practice. Blair.

The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson.

In a manner that renders cure impracticable or impossible; irremediably. "Incurably diseased." Bp. Hall. "Incurably wicked." Blair.

Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." Shak.

ulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to. "Willing to indulge in easy vices." Johnson.

Ineffectual; impracticable. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Incapable of being executed or performed; impracticable; infeasible.

Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice. Akenside.

The state of being infeasible; impracticability.

Not capable of being done or accomplished; impracticable. Glanvill.

Sir I. Newton. This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend. Attebury. The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy. Rogers.

Unpracticed; untried; new. [Obs.] "The initiate fear that wants hard use." Shak.

attorneys, solicitors, etc. -- Inns of court (Eng.), the four societies of "students and practicers of the law of England" which in London exercise the exclusive right of admitting persons to practice at the bar; also, the buildings in which the law students and barristers have their chambers. They are the Inner Templ…

The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh.

Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or resembling its practices. "Inquisitorial robes." C. Buchanan.

Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc. I know not which was the insane measure. Southey.

e whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

ally for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.