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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, n. [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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              exercise of the important function confided by the
              constitution to the legislature.      --Jefferson.
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              O we will walk this world,
              Yoked in all exercise of noble end.   --Tennyson.
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     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.
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              An exercise of the eyes and memory.   --Locke.
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     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.
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              The wise for cure on exercise depend. --Dryden.
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     4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious
        duty.
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              Lewis refused even those of the church of England .
              . . the public exercise of their religion.
                                                    --Addison.
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              To draw him from his holy exercise.   --Shak.
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     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.
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              The clumsy exercises of the European tourney.
                                                    --Prescott.
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              He seems to have taken a degree, and performed
              public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. --Brydges.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
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              Patience is more oft the exercise
              Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. --Milton.
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     Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft
        tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. t. [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.
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              Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a
              conscience void of offence.           --Acts xxiv.
                                                    16.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
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              About him exercised heroic games
              The unarmed youth.                    --Milton.
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     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.
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              Where pain of unextinguishable fire
              Must exercise us without hope of end. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness,
              judgment, and righteousness in the earth. --Jer. ix.
                                                    24.
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              The people of the land have used oppression and
              exercised robbery.                    --Ezek. xxii.
                                                    29.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. i.
     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.
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           I wear my trusty sword,
           When I do exercise.                      --Cowper.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, n. [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.
  
              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.
  
              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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. t. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. i.
     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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  exercise
       n 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: 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]
       3: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes
          perfect" [syn: 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: example]
       5: (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and
          speeches; "academic exercises"
       v 1: put to use; "exert one's power or influence" [syn: exert]
       2: carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice
          law" [syn: practice, practise, do]
       3: give a work-out to; "Some parents exercise their infants";
          "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"
          [syn: work, work out]
       4: do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"
          [syn: work out]
       5: learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day";
          "Pianists practice scales" [syn: drill, practice, practise]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η σχολική άσκηση
     2 η σωματική άσκηση, η προπόνηση
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) γυμνάζω
     2 (αμτβ) γυμνάζομαι
     3 ασκώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill
  or ability.
     2 (lb en countable uncountable) Activity intended to improve
  physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
     3 A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of
  activity; exertion; application; use.
     4 The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
     vb.
     1 To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in
  order to develop.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or
  training.
     3 (lb en transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into
  practice.
     4 (lb en now often in passive) 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.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
  exertion; to give employment to.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill
  or ability.
     2 (lb en countable uncountable) Activity intended to improve
  physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
     3 A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of
  activity; exertion; application; use.
     4 The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
     vb.
     1 To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in
  order to develop.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or
  training.
     3 (lb en transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into
  practice.
     4 (lb en now often in passive) 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.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
  exertion; to give employment to.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill
  or ability.
     2 (lb en countable uncountable) Activity intended to improve
  physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
     3 A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of
  activity; exertion; application; use.
     4 The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
     vb.
     1 To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in
  order to develop.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or
  training.
     3 (lb en transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into
  practice.
     4 (lb en now often in passive) 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.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
  exertion; to give employment to.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill
  or ability.
     2 (lb en countable uncountable) Activity intended to improve
  physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
     3 A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of
  activity; exertion; application; use.
     4 The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
     5 (lb en obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
     vb.
     1 To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in
  order to develop.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or
  training.
     3 (lb en transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into
  practice.
     4 (lb en now often in passive) 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.
     5 (lb en obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make
  exertion; to give employment to.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     Englanti n.
     harjoitus (''psyykkinen tai fyysinen''); (''ei monikkoa'')
  harjoittelu, liikunta
     Englanti vb.
     1 harjoittaa, treenata, jumpata
     2 käyttää (valtaa, oikeutta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  exercise
     Engelska n.
     1 utövning, bruk
     2 övning, träning
     Engelska vb.
     1 utöva, bruka
     2 öva, träna

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  exercise /ˈɛksəsˌaɪz/
  1. oefen
  2. oefening

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Exercise /ˈɛksəsˌaɪz/
  التمرين

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  exercise //ˈɛk.sə.saɪz// //ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz// 
  1. упражне́ние
  any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability
  2. трениро́вка
  physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  exercise //ˈɛk.sə.saɪz// //ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz// 
  1. тренирам, упражнявам се
  exert for the sake of training
  2. упражнявам
  take action, enforce