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Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. Milton.

exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! Dr. H. More.

The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences. [Recent]

One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]

ically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power.

One who is skilled in or practices optometry.

Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.

r innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes.

The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious. When spelling no longer follows the pronunciation, but is hardened into orthography. Earle.

The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.

The art or practice of curing the deformities of children, or, by extension, any deformities of the human body.

One who practices osteopathy; an osteopath.

The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.

The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

One who practices palmistry Bp. Hall.

The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy. Ascham. Cowper.

The employment, arts, or practices of a pander. Bp. Hall.

The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

Of, pertaining to, or in conformity with, the practice of Paracelsus, a Swiss physician of the 15th century. Ferrand.