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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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Exerts
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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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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