† antiˈpractisev.
Obs.
To practise on the other side, practise the opposite.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or exercise [verb (intransitive)] > practise or exercise the opposite
antipractisea1670
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 95 Seldom anything but severity will make them Anti-practise.
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v.a1670- to hold little price upon
- to hold loose
- to hold make no tale of
- to hold measure with
- to hold no brief for
- to hold no state of
- to hold no tale of
- to hold off
- to hold off-hand
- to hold offhand
- to hold on
- to hold on by one's fingernails
- to hold on by one's fingertips
- to hold on one's way or course
- to hold on the slack
- to hold on to something by one's fingernails
- to hold on to something by one's fingertips
- to hold one chat, with chat, in chat
- to hold one tug
- to hold one with his bill in the water
- to hold one's breath
- to hold one's cock
- to hold one's dick
- to hold one's faith
- to hold one's fudge