prac ‧ tised BrE AmE British English , practiced American English /ˈpræktəst, ˈpræktɪst/ adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ practice , ↑ practitioner ; adjective : PRACTISED/PRACTICED , PRACTISING/PRACTICING ; verb : PRACTISE/PRACTICE ]
1 . someone who is practised in a particular job or skill is good at it because they have done it many times before:
a practised performer
practised in (doing) something
He was already well practiced in giving acceptance speeches.
to the practised eye (=to someone who has seen something many times and knows a lot about it)
2 . [only before noun] a practised action has been done so often that it now seems very easy:
He faced the television cameras with practised ease.