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By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.

Skill or dexterity acquired by use; expertness. [R.] "His nice fence and his active practice." Shak.

Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton.

One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner.

One skilled in affairs. My attorney and solicitor too; a fine pragmatic. B. Jonson.

One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

ident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. Dryden. Conclusive presumption. See under Conclusive. -- Presumption of fact (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inferen…

Well advanced in any branch of knowledge or skill; possessed of considerable acquirements; well-skilled; versed; adept,

wit or art Could work, he put in proof. Spenser. You shall have many proofs to show your skill. Ford. Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof. Ure.

One skilled in prosody.

Distinguished bravery; valor; especially, military bravery and skill; gallantry; intrepidity; fearlessness. Chaucer. Sir P. Sidney. He by his prowess conquered all France. Shak.

A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.

atter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly. " Puffed with wonderful skill." Macaulay.

Puny; petty; unskilled. [Obs.]

Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.] A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.

One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit.

as a child. (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth. -- To put to death, to kill. -- To put together, to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one. -- To put this and that (or two and two) together, to draw an inference; to form a correct conclusion. -- To put to it, to distress; to press hard; to perplex;…

a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.

One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens.

A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.