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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.

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Verb group 8

Apply 84% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apply 84% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Employ 84% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Employ 84% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Use 84% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Use 84% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilize 84% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Utilize 84% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Cognition 76% connected

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

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Effectuation 76% connected

Act of effectuating.

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Employment 76% connected

The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Grooming 76% connected

of Groom

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Implementation 76% connected

Turning a plan or policy into actual practice.

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Knowledge 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Preparation 76% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Prosecute 76% connected

To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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Pursue 76% connected

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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Read 76% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Training 76% connected

of Train

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Usage 76% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilization 76% connected

The act of utilizing, or the state of being utilized.

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Narrower term 39

Calisthenics 76% connected

The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

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Callisthenics 76% connected

See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

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Cannibalism 76% connected

The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

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Convention 76% connected

The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

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Cooperation 76% connected

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

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Custom 76% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Fashion 76% connected

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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Formalism 76% connected

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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Formula 76% connected

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Habitude 76% connected

Habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.

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Heritage 76% connected

That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.

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Lynch law 76% connected

The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.

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Manual 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual.

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Mistreatment 76% connected

Wrong treatment.

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Modernism 76% connected

Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

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Naturism 76% connected

The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

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Normal 76% connected

According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal;…

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Occult 76% connected

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Papism 76% connected

Popery; -- an offensive term.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Peonage 76% connected

The condition of a peon.

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Pluralism 76% connected

The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

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Popery 76% connected

The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

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Quotation 76% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

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Rehearsal 76% connected

The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a publ…

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Ritual 76% connected

Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

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Ritualism 76% connected

A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Scrimmage 76% connected

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

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Slaveholding 76% connected

Holding persons in slavery.

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Slavery 76% connected

The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

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Symbolism 76% connected

The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emb…

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Symbolization 76% connected

The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.

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Systematism 76% connected

The reduction of facts or principles to a system.

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Tradition 76% connected

The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.

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Usage 76% connected

The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage.

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Usance 76% connected

Use; usage; employment.

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Witching 76% connected

of Witch

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Manner of action 2

Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Scrimmage 76% connected

Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

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Derivationally related 12

Applicable 74% connected

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

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Applicable 74% connected

Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration.

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Application 74% connected

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Application 74% connected

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apply 74% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drill 74% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Drill 74% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Exercise 74% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exercise 74% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pattern 74% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Pattern 74% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Work 72% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Synonym 10

Apply 92% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Commit 92% connected

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drill 92% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exercise 92% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pattern 92% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Practise 92% connected

See Practice.

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Praxis 92% connected

Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recitation 92% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rehearse 92% connected

To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Use 92% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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