praticable, adj., practicable, feasible, possible; passable (of roads); accessible, real. Si la chose est —; if the thing be practicable. Les chemins ne sont pas —s; the roads are not passable. Porte —, fenêtre —; (thea.) real door, real window.
praticables, n.m.pl., (thea.) real (not painted) objects.
praticien (-si-in), n.m. and adj., practitioner; (sculpt.) figure-carver; practicing. Médecin —; practicing physician.
pratiquant, -e, adj. and n., church-goer, communicant.
pratique, n.f., practice, practical part, observance, usage, habit; dealing, doing, customer, custom; practice (of attorneys, notaries, physicians); Punch’s whistle, squeaker; underhand dealing, secret practice; (nav.) pratique. Mettre en —; to put into practice, to practice. Faire de sourdes —s; to carry on clandestine, underhand dealings. C’est une bonne —; he is a good customer. Donner — à un vaisseau; (nav.) to admit a vessel to pratique. Cet avoué entend bien la —; that attorney is well versed in the practice of the law. Terme de —; law-term. Obtenir, or recevoir, —; (nav.) to take pratique.
pratique, adj., pertaining to practice, practical, experienced. Être — d’un lieu; (nav.) to be a good pilot for a place.
pratiquement (-tik-mān), adv., practically.
pratiquer, v.a., to practice, to exercise; to frequent, to converse with, to keep company with; to tamper with, to suborn, to bribe, to obtain, to procure; (arch.) to contrive, to let in. — la médecine; to practice as a doctor. Se garder de — les méchants; to avoid associating with the wicked. — un chemin; to open a road. — un trou; to make, to contrive, to let in, a hole. — des intelligences; to get intelligence. — des témoins; to suborn witnesses.
se pratiquer, v.r., to be in use, to be practiced, to be customary, to open or make for one’s self (a way). Cela ne se pratique point; that is not usual; such things are not done.
pratiquer, v.n., to practice, to exercise, to frequent, to associate with; to obtain, to open; to build, to contrive; to arrange; (nav.) to have free intercourse.