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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exert \Ex*ert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exerted}; p. pr & vb n. {Exerting}.] [L. exertus exsertus p. p. of exerere exserere to thrust out ex out + serere to join or bind together. See {Series}, and cf {Exsert}.] 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. --Dryden. 2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action to bring into active operation; as to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice. 3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. --South. {To exert one's self}, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.
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