exercise 
Natural philo-<>phy wns considered in the ll'-'ht merely 
of a menial , . ilacnuinn. l.onl I'.aeon. 
Hut for Hie unquiet heart ami brain. 
A use in nn ,. -ui e.l Lilian. i-e Iii s ; 
The 
Like doll i ..idling pain. 
, In .Momorlam, v. 
4. A disciplinary task or formulary ; something 
done or to be done for the attainment of pro- 
ficiency or skill; a set or prescribed perform- 
ance for improvement, or an example or study 
for improving practice : as, school exercises; an 
i-.n i-i-ixf in composition or music; exercises for 
the piano or violin. 
sbe be-an In siliK her llorid rxcrrisr*. 
.I/ /. N/i.'/i/unv/, Charles Anehester, xvii. 
5. A performance or procedure in general ; a 
delinite or formal act for a piir])iise ; specifical- 
ly, a feature or part of a program or round of 
proceedings: as, the <:r< rr/.w.v of a college com- 
mencement, or of a public meeting; graduating 
r.n i-i-i.tr.t. 
The exerfites lasted a full hour longer, and it was half- 
past 10 before Hie presiding elder gave the lienediction. 
I:. /vV' ../"/I, The Graysons, x. 
6. A spiritual or religious action or effort ; an 
act or procedure of devotion or for spiritual 
improvement; religious worship, exhortation, 
or the like. 
In my exercise among them (as you know) wee attend 
foure things, besides prayer unto God. 
T. Shepard, Clear Sunshine of the Gospel, p. 30. 
The meeting began with a weighty efrre.iv. and travail 
in prayer, that the Lord would glorify Ills own name that 
day. /Vim, Travels in Holland, etc. 
Specifically (n) Among the Puritans, a church service or 
week-day sermon: still occasionally used. 
We of the pious shall be afraid to go 
To a long exrrcisr, for fear our pockets should 
Be pick d. Kir 1C. linrntanl. The WIte. 
An extraordinary cold Storm of wind and Snow. . . . 
I'M mo. not out to afternoon .-.iv, civ. | New England Diary 
of 1716.] Quoted in Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 7S2. 
The second service of the Lord's Day was generally about 
two in the afternoon, a substantial repetition of the morn- 
ing ex- 
O. L. Walker, Hist. First Church in Hartford, p. i')0. 
(6) Family worship. (Scotch.] 
That honest person was. according to his own account. 
at that time engaged in the exercise of the evening. 
Scott, St. Hunan's Well, xxviii. 
(r) Formerly, in Scotland, the critical explication of a pas- 
sage of Scripture, at a meeting of presbytery, by a teach 
ing prcsbyl.T. sneee. .ie.l hy a specification of the doe- 
hines eontaine.l in it by another, both discourses being 
judged of, and censured, if nee.-sary, by the rest of the 
brethren, (il) Formerly, also, the presbytery. [Scotch.] 
The ministers of the Exercise of Dalkeith. 
Act of James IV. 
7. A disciplinary spiritual experience or trial; 
spiritual agitation. 
An heavy weight and unusual oppression fell upon me : 
yea. it weighed me almost to the grave, that I could almost 
say, " My soul was sad even unto death." I knew not at 
present the ground of this exercise: it remained aliout 
twenty-four hours upon me. 
/Vim, Travels in Holland, etc. 
Art and exercise, scholastic education and training in 
bodily accomplishment!. Exercise and addition, the 
name given to one of ttie exercises prescribed l.. students 
of theology In the Scotch universities, and also to eandi- 
t..r 111.' ..lli.-e of MIC ministry, beine; an exposition 
of a passage of the Greek New Testament Manual ex- 
ercise. See manual. Spiritual Exercises, the name 
it. MI by Ignatius Loyola to a series of meditations com- 
|io~ed hy him, and used in the Roman Catholic Church, 
i.ilh among the Jesuits. 
exercise (ek'ser-siz), .; pret. and pp. exercised, 
ppr. exercising. [< ME. fsi-rcixni. rjvrn/.srx, < 
else, n. For the older and orig. verb, see 
'' . I I. tnni.t. 1. To put in prai-'iei-; carry 
out in action ; perform the functions or duties 
of: as, to r.invv.s'c authority or power; to i:n-r- 
i-itf im office. 
The new tlesl of whiche iij ill the Vere we U 
Coocntry Hysteric*, p. 71. 
We need not pick Quarrels and seek Enemies without 
Doors, we have too many Inmates at Home to I'.rei'.'iM- our 
Prowess upon. //../<vM ( Letters, iii. 1. 
Many of I h ..erchandi/e in vessels called Car- 
ma -als ; and ba\e ..I lal e gotten the use of the Com passe. 
B they not adventure into the Hcean. 
ty>, Travailes. p. I'd. 
Nut hi' ! Byron] ivonld not resign without a struggle the 
empire which he h ant Hie men of his gener- 
ation. Maravlnii. Moore- I'.uon. 
2. To put in action ; employ actively ; set or 
in a state of activity; make use of in act or 
procedure: as, to exrrcixr the body, the voice, 
etc ; to i. n -n-i.tr the reason or judgment ; i:r< r- 
cise your skill in this work. 
Modeiath - r, . /.,- your body with some labour. or play- 
em; at the tennys. Balers /.'." : . (E, I".. T. S. ), p. I'lT. 
A fortune sent to i-fri-cite 
Vour virtue, as the wind doth try strong trees. 
B. Jtmson, Sejanus, iv. 1. 
13 i 
JIM;:, 
lie kiss. I me afore a great many Lords, an. I -aid I was 
a lra\e Mali s Son that tanylil liitn I" ' -' rctae Ills \i in . 
8t* ' , Grid A la- Mode, iv. 1. 
I iiis right was exerclft.il by all II .nmnni- 
XI, Ma, r.inst. Hist. CJd ed.), S 810. 
3. To train or discipline by means of exertion 
or practice; put or keep in practice ; make, or 
cause to make, specific trials: as, to exfn-i.tr 
one's self in music ; to exercise troops. 
Str.ma meat hclongelll to them that areo I . 
those who by reason of use have HIM. 
discern both good and evil. Heb. v. 14. 
The Arabs who came out to meet the Cash if m 
elves all the way on horseback, hy running after 
another with the pike, in the usual way. 
I'ococltc, Description of the East, I. 67. 
He wore hair cloth next his skin, and exerci*rd himself 
with fasts, vigils, and stripes. 
Pretext. Fenl. and Isa., ii. ."i. 
4. To give mental occupation or exercise to ; 
cause to think earnestly or anxiously; make 
uneasy : as, he is exercised about his spiritual 
state. 
In that day we were an exercised people, our very coun- 
tenances and deportment declared it. 
I'enn, Rise and Progress of Quakers, vi. 
Our friends in the legislature are getting somewhat ex- 
ercised, but are not half so frightened as I wish they were. 
S. Buii-tf. in Merrlam, I. 291. 
Several years KO my own housemaid was very much ex- 
i. and well nigh spell bound, by an inexplicable tin- 
kling at short intervals of the door-bell. 
JV. andy.,7thser., V. 418. 
5. To impart as an effect ; put forth as a re- 
sult or consequence ; communicate; exert. 
I am far from saying that the presence of the adopted 
members exercises no Influence on the body, into which 
they are adopted ; but the Iwdy into which they are adopt- 
ed exercises an incalculably greater intluence on them. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. f!2. 
= Syn. 2. To apply. 3. Todrill. 4. To try, afflict, pain, 
annoy. 
II. tii trans. 1. To use action or exertion ; ex- 
ert one's self ; take exercise : as, to exercise for 
health or amusement. 
A man must often exercise, or fast, or take physic, or be 
sick. Sir W. Temple. 
2f. To conduct a religious exercise, as the ex- 
position of (Scripture. 
Mr. Shepherd prayed with deep confession of sin, etc., 
and exercised out of Eph. v. 
H'iuthrop, Hist. Sew England. I. 214. 
exerciser (ek'ser-si-zer), n. One who or that 
which exercises. 
God never granteth any power or authority, but he ap- 
pointeth also who shall be the lawfull exerciners and exe- 
cutors of the same. l-'tdke, Against Allen (1686), p. 488. 
exercisible (ek'ser-si-zi-bl), a. [< exercise -t- 
-ible.] Same as exercisabte. [Bare.] 
An Incorporeal hereditament . . . annexed to or e xrr- 
ciriHe within the same. Rlackstune. 
exercitation (eg-zer-si-ta'shon), n. [< ME. ex- 
i-ri-ifiifiiiiin, < OF. exercitation, F. exercitation = 
Pr. exercitacio := Sp. ejercitacion = Pg. exerci- 
frtfjfo = It. csercitazione, < L. exercitatio(n-), ex- 
ercise, practice, < exercitare, exercise diligently, 
treq.ofexercere, exercise: see exerce, exercise.] 
1. Exercise; practice; use. 
Nor Is he (the kin-,-1 In the least unlit, as was reported, 
for any kind of royal exercitdtinti. 
Goldsmith, Citizen of the World, v. 
2. An exercise; an act ; a performance; par- 
ticularly, a mental act or performance ; a play 
of the mind. 
The scholastic terms, which had been banished from the 
schools, as we have seen, the year before, were not restored 
in these private exercitationx ; but otherwise freedom of 
speech was allowed, or rather encouraged. 
It. W. Dixnn, Hist. Church of Eng., xix. 
Sometimes they [resemblances] have no reality at all, 
hut they are of the nature of pure paradox, and then they 
are hut the < of an ingenious fancy. 
ir. /;. (irr : /, Misc. Essays, Istser., p. H!>. 
exercitor (eg-zer'si-tor), n. [< L. exercitor, an 
exerciser, trainer, L/L. one who exercises any 
calling, as an inn-keeper, shipmaster, etc., < 
exercere, exercise: see exerce.] In law, the per- 
son to whom the profits of a ship or trading-ves- 
sel belong; theowner, managingowner, orchar- 
terer. 
exercitorial (ep;-7,er-si-t6'ri-al). a. [< exercitor 
+ -tat.] Pertaining or belonging to an exerci- 
tor. Exercitorial action, an action viven against the 
owners of a ship UJMHI contracts entered into by the mas- 
ter. 
exergnal (eg-ziViralt, a. [< exergue + -at.] 
Heloimill"; to the exergue. 
An artist s name is som.timos written on the fxermial 
line. B. V. II* t, I. lli>toria Nuniorum. p. 1T2. 
exergue (eg-zorgM. . [X F. exergue, lit. that 
which is out of the work, accessory, < flr. ';. 
exeunt 
,,ni. + ..,".- K. <mrl..\ In n n mix., that part 
of the reverse of n coin or meihil which is be- 
low the main device ("type";, mid distinctly 
se|i;u;ileil from it, generally by a line. The ex- 
ngue is either left plain or Is tilled b> an in-, lipilon, 
s\i,,li.,l, 01 niiineial, which l- Ilien described I 
. .mm. :..'. tb See 
cut Illl. lei U 
On an ancient I'ho nieian coin, we find . . . the words 
Itaal Thill/., in I'li.enirian eliaraeleis. on the. . 
/,'. /'. Kni'ilii, An. . Vrt ami Myth. (1870), p. 20. 
exert (eg-zerf), v. [Also in the lit. sense (def. 
1) cxsert; < L. .tertare, freq. < ' 
ttu, i.i-xn-lim, pp. olexerere, exfcrere^ stretch out, 
put forth, < ex, out, + ten-re, join, put toge- 
ther: see.terir*. Cf. insert.} I. trtuiy. If. To 
put forth; thrust out; push out; emit. 
The orchat loves to wave 
With winter winds, In-fore Ihe gems ejtert 
Their feeble head,. J. I'ltUi/*, Cider, 11. 
2. To put forth, as strength, force, or ability; 
put in action ; bring into active operation : as, 
to exert the strength of the body ; to exert pow- 
ers or faculties. , 
My friend was in some doubt whether he should not ex- 
ert the justice of peace upon such a band of lawless va- 
grant*. Additon, Spectator, No. 117. 
A little spirit exerted on your side might perhaps restore 
your authority. (JMtuiith, Uood-natured Man, I. 
The influence of the Government had been exerted to the 
utmost, and the Church was still unwavering in its alle- 
Kiance. Lechj, Eng. In 18th Cent., 1. 
3. To put forth as the result of effort ; do or 
perform. 
When the will has exerted an act of command on any 
faculty of the soul. 6'oufA, Sermons. 
To exert one's self, to use one's utmost effort* ; strive 
with energy ; put lorth exertion. 
He (Harwell] was most desirous to return to England, 
and exerted hitnae(f to promote an arrangement which 
would set him at lilwrty. Marnulay, Warren Hastings. 
Force exerted itself as strongly under Napoleon as un- 
der Peter the Great and Frederick the Great and Lewis 
the Great. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 237. 
II. intraim. To put forth effort or energy. 
[Rare.] 
Provok'd nt last, he strove 
To show the little minstrel of the grove 
His utmost powers, determined once to try 
How art, exerting, might with nature vie. 
A. i'hilii ,, Pastorals, v. 
exert, exerted (ek-sert', ek-ser'ted), a. See 
cxserled. 
exertion (eg-/.ir'shon), n. [< exert + -ion. Cf. 
exserti(i.~\ The act of exerting; the act of put- 
ting into motion or action; effort; a striving: 
as, an exertion of strength or power; an exer- 
tion of the limbs or of the mind. 
The constitution of their bodies was naturally so fee- 
ble, and so unaccustomed to the laborious exertions of in- 
dustry, that they were satisfied with a proportion of food 
amazingly small. 1C. Itobertjton, Hist. America, ii. 
The dread of an ignominious death may stimulate slinr- 
gishness to exertion. Macauiay, William Pitt. 
= 8yn. Endeavor, attempt, trial. 
exertive (eg-zer'tiv), a. [< exert + -ire.] Ex- 
erting; having power to exert. [Rare.] 
exertmentt (eg-zert'ment ), n. [< exert + -wen/.] 
Exertion. 
exesiont (eg-ze'zhon), n. [< L. exesus, pp. of 
cxcdere, eat out, < ex, out, -I- edrre = E. eat.] 
The act of eating out or through. 
"Who, though ho [Theophrastus] denieth the exerion or 
forcing through the belly [of vipers], conceiveth neverthe- 
less that upon a full and plentiful! impletion there may 
perhaps succeed a disruption of the matrix. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ill. 16. 
exestuatet (eg-zes'tu-at), . t. [< L. exa-stua- 
tux, pp. of extrstnnre, boil up, < ex, out, + as- 
tiinre, boil, surge: see estuate, egtiiant.'] To 
boil up; bo agitated. 
exestuationt (eg-zes-tu-a'shon), w. [< LL. r- 
/i'xliifitio(ii-), < L. r.rn.tlinire, boil up: see exes- 
tiiote.] A boiling; ebullition; effervescence. 
Saltpetre is in operation a cold body; . . . physicians 
and chymisU give it in fevers, to allay the inward exestu- 
ttt the blood and humours. Boyle, Works, I. 304. 
Exetastes (eks-e-tas'tez). n. [NL. (Graven- 
horst, 1829), < Or. tffraorifc, an examiner, < f:- 
fTi'i^eiv, examine, inquire into. < f(, out, + iraZeti', 
examine, try the truth of, < trtof, true, real: see 
i tiiiiinii.'] 1. Tn iiitnm., a genus of ichneumon- 
flies, of the subfamily Ophioii ina: having; slender 
tarsi with iiii)ieetinate claws. There are about 
30 European and over 20 North American spe- 
cies. 2. In ornitli., a genus of South Ameri- 
c:ni eotiniras, related to Tityra. Calmnix mnl 
Hi iin . lsr>!>. 
exeunt feks'e-unt>. [L.. they go out: 3d pers. 
pi. pres. ind! of exire, go out: see exit.] They 
