Middle English Dictionary Entry
practī̆k adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | practī̆k adj. Also practic. |
| Etymology | OF pratique & L practicus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Dealing with practical matters, applied.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.241 : Þis cunnyng was not speculatif, of gemetrie ne oþer sciencis, but practik, put in dede, how men shulde lyve by Goddis lawe.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)3b/b : Practic [L practice] craftes, in als mych as þay bene craftez, þay conteyne 3 þinges.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)48/32 : If it be doable or makable, þanne þe knowyng þerof is to be clepid 'practik science' or 'practik opynyoun'.