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Webster 1913 Edition

Practical

Prac′ti-cal

,
Adj.
[L.
practicus
active, Gr. [GREEK] fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. [GREEK] to do, work, effect: cf. F.
pratique
, formerly also
practique
. Cf.
Pragmatic
,
Practice
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to practice or action.
2.
Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from
ideal
or
theoretical
;
as,
practical
chemistry
.
“Man’s practical understanding.”
South.
“For all practical purposes.”
Macaulay.
3.
Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end;
as, a
practical
man; a
practical
mind.
4.
Derived from practice;
as,
practical
skill
.
Practical joke
,
a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.

Webster 1828 Edition

Practical

PRAC'TICAL

,
Adj.
[L. practicus.] Pertaining to practice or action.
1.
Capable of practice or active use; opposed to speculative; as a practical understanding.
2.
That may be used in practice; that may be applied to use; as practical knowledge.
3.
That reduces his knowledge or theories to actual use; as a practical man.
4.
Derived from practice or experience; as practical skill or knowledge.

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