Able vs Practised - What's the difference?
able | practised |
(obsolete, passive) Easy to use.
* 1710 , Thomas Betterton, The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. :
(obsolete, passive) Suitable; competent.
* 2006 , Jon L. Wakelyn, America's Founding Charters: Primary Documents of Colonial and Revolutionary Era Governance, Volume 1 , Greenwood Publishing Group, pages 212:
(obsolete, dialectal, passive) Liable to.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
(obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
(legal) Legally]] [[qualify, qualified or competent.
(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
(obsolete) To make ready.
(obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
(obsolete) To dress.
(obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
(obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
* vi
A word that is used in place of the letter "A" during communication.
(practise)
(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
(intransitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To repeat an activity in this way.
(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To perform or observe in a habitual fashion.
(transitive, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine).
(intransitive, obsolete, British, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland) To conspire.
To put into practice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do.
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
To make use of; to employ.
* Massinger
To teach or accustom by practice; to train.
* Landor
As verbs the difference between able and practised
is that able is (obsolete) to make ready while practised is (practise).As an adjective able
is (obsolete|passive) easy to use .As a noun able
is a word that is used in place of the letter "a" during communication.able
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) hableEtymology 1
From (etyl), from .Adjective
(er)- As the hands are the most habil parts of the body...
- ...and for every able man servant that he or she shall carry or send armed and provided as aforesaid, ninety acres of land of like measure.
- I’ll see you as soon as I’m able .
- With that obstacle removed, I am now able to proceed with my plan.
- I’m only able to visit you when I have other work here.
- That cliff is able to be climbed.
- After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully able .
- He was born to an able family.
- The chairman was also an able sailor.
- He is able to practice law in six states.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ability * -able * able-bodied * able seaman * ableism * be able, be able to * capable * disable * disabled * disablism * disability * enableVerb
(abl)- None does offend, none....I’ll able ’em.
Derived terms
* abledEtymology 3
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* ----practised
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Verb
(head)practise
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Alternative forms
* practice (standard for noun but incorrect for verb outside US; almost universal for both in American English)Verb
(practis)- You should practise playing piano every day.
- If you want to speak French well, you need to practise .
- They gather to practise religion every Saturday.
- She practised law for forty years before retiring.
- Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practise your severity.''
- As this advice ye practise or neglect.
- In malice to this good knight's wife, I practised Ubaldo and Ricardo to corrupt her.
- In church they are taught to love God; after church they are practised to love their neighbour.