Definition of exercise

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Exercise (v. t.) 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..

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Exercise :: Exercise (n.) Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback..
Discourse :: Discourse (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty..
Sovereignty :: Sovereignty (n.) The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties..
Xystus :: Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather..
Exercise :: Exercise (v. t.) 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..
Prelatize :: Prelatize (v. i.) To uphold or encourage prelacy; to exercise prelatical functions.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon..
#NAME? :: -ric () A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority..
Promenade :: Promenade (v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise..
Diocese :: Diocese (n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Alderman :: Alderman (n.) One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions..
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment; to exercise or pursue an employment or profession, esp. that of medicine or of law..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce..
Power :: Power (n.) The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity..
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government..
Foresee :: Foresee (v. i.) To have or exercise foresight.
Salutary :: Salutary (a.) Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise..
Aquatic :: Aquatic (n.) Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
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