“exerciseth” is a form of
exercise
UK /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ · US /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪz/ noun, verb
Forms exercises exercising exercised exercize exercice
- noun (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. “The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.”
- noun (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness. “I like to do my exercises every morning before breakfast. I do calisthenics for physical exercise, and I do crosswords for mental exercise.”
- noun Such activity of physical nature, for physical fitness (plus also mental benefit). “Swimming is good exercise.”
- noun Such activity of mental nature, for neurocognitive health. “Such exercises as puzzles and chess can help keep the mind sharp as we age.”
- noun A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use. “The law guarantees us the free exercise of our rights.”
- noun The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty. “I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.”
- noun (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
- verb To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop. “to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle”
- verb (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training. “I exercise at the gym every day.”
- verb (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice. “exercise caution”
- verb (now often passive voice) 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. “exercised with pain”
- verb (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
Synonyms
practice practicing drill drilling assert exercising physical exercise physical exertion workout use usage utilization utilisation employment practice session recitation example exert practise do work work out
Etymology
From Middle English exercise, from Old French exercise, from Latin exercitium. Displaced native Old English plega (“an exercise”) whence Modern English play.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- verb 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.
- verb 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.
Etymology [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.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exercise”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details