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<h1>Exercisible</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex"er*ci`si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; <as>as, the authority of a magistrate is <ex>exercisible</ex> within his jurisdiction</as>.</def>

<h1>Exercitation</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*er`ci*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exercitatio</ets>, fr. <ets>exercitare</ets>, intense., fr. <ets>exercere</ets> to exercise: CF. f. <ets>exercitation</ets>.]</ety> <def>exercise; practice; use.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Exergue</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ergue"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.,fr.Gr. <?/ out + <?/ work; lit., out work, <ets>i</ets>.<ets>e</ets>., accessory work. See <er>Work</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Numis.)</fld> <def>The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Exert</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exerted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exerting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exertus</ets>, <ets>exsertus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exerere</ets>, <ets>exserere</ets>, to thrust out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>serere</ets> to join or bind together. See <er>Series</er>, and cf. <er>Exsert</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So from the seas <b>exerts</b> his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; <as>as, to <ex>exert</ex> the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to <ex>exert</ex> the mind or the voice.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.</def>

<blockquote>When we will has <b>exerted</b> an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To exert one's self</col>, <cd>to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.</cd></cs>

<h1>Exertion</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*er"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; <as>as, an <ex>exertion</ex> of strength or power; an <ex>exertion</ex> of the limbs or of the mind; it is an <ex>exertion</ex> for him to move, to-day</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See <er>Attempt</er>.</syn>

<h1>Exertive</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ert"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.</def>

<h1>Exertment</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*ert"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Exertion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Exesion</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*e"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exedere</ets>, <ets>exesum</ets>, to eat up; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>edere</ets> to eat.]</ety> <def>The act of eating out or through.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Exestuate</h1> <Xpage=523>

<hw>Ex*es"tu*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exaestuatus</ets>,p.p. of <ets>exaestuare</ets> to boil up. See <er>Estuate</er>.]</ety> <def>To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Exestuation</h1> <Xpage=523>