exerting
Use Exerting in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to put forth or into use, as power; exercise, as ability or influence; put into vigorous action: to exert every effort.
2.
to put (oneself) into strenuous, vigorous action or effort.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin ex(s)ertus, past participle of exserere to thrust out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + ser(ere) to bind together + -tus past participle suffix
1650–60; < Latin ex(s)ertus, past participle of exserere to thrust out, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + ser(ere) to bind together + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
ex·er·tive, adjective
non·ex·er·tive, adjective
su·per·ex·ert, verb (used with object)
un·ex·ert·ed, adjective
well-ex·ert·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to use (influence, authority, etc) forcefully or effectively |
| 2. | to apply (oneself) diligently; make a strenuous effort |
| [C17 (in the sense: push forth, emit): from Latin exserere to thrust out, from | |
| ex'ertion | |
| —n | |
| ex'ertive | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
exert
1640s, from L. exertus, pp. of exerere "thrust out, put forth," from ex- "out" + serere "attach, join" (see series). Related: Exerted; exerting. Exertion in the sense of "vigorous action" is from 1777.
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Example sentences
If you're reading on the stair climber, you're probably not exerting enough energy.
They are rapidly exerting their influence in almost every place that will let them.
And you have a sense that it does more than that: it is part of life's fabric, capable of exerting an almost mystical grasp.
What's more, self-talk might be a tool for exerting the will-or being willing.
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