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Webster 1913 Edition
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Prac′tise
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. ☞ The analogy of the English language requires that the noun and verb which are pronounced alike should agree in spelling. Thus we have notice (n. & v.), noticed, noticing, noticer; poultice (n. & v.); apprentice (n. & v.); office (n. & v.), officer (n.); lattice (n.), latticed (a.); benefice (n.), beneficed (a.), etc. Cf. sacrifice ([GREEK]; n. & v.), surmise ([GREEK]; n. & v.), promise ([GREEK]; n. & v.); compromise ([GREEK]; n. & v.), etc. Contrast advice ([GREEK]; n.), and advise ([GREEK]); device ([GREEK]), and devise ([GREEK]), etc.