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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, noun [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See {Ark}.]
1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. --Jefferson.
O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. --Tennyson.
2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise." --Spenser.
An exercise of the eyes and memory. --Locke.
3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback; to exercise on a treadmill or in a gym. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The wise for cure on exercise depend. --Dryden.
4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. --Addison.
To draw him from his holy exercise. --Shak.
5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition; arithmetic exercises.
The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. --Prescott.
He seems to have taken a degree, and performed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. --Brydges.
6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. --Milton.
{Exercise bone} (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, verb (used without an object) To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Exercised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exercising}.]
1. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.
Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. --Acts xxiv. 16.
2. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. --Milton.
3. To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.
Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. --Milton.
4. To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.
I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. --Jer. ix. 24.
The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. --Ezek. xxii. 29.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" [syn: {exercise}, {exercising}, {physical exercise}, {physical exertion}, {workout}]
2: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers" [syn: {use}, {usage}, {utilization}, {utilisation}, {employment}, {exercise}]
3: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: {exercise}, {practice}, {drill}, {practice session}, {recitation}]
4: a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding; "you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook" [syn: {exercise}, {example}]
5: (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"
verb
1: put to use; "exert one's power or influence" [syn: {exert}, {exercise}]
2: carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" [syn: {practice}, {practise}, {exercise}, {do}]
3: give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind" [syn: {exercise}, {work}, {work out}]
4: do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day" [syn: {exercise}, {work out}]
5: learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" [syn: {drill}, {exercise}, {practice}, {practise}]
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