| 释义 |
▪ I. † eˈxerce, n. Obs. Sc.
In 6 excerse.
[f. next.]
Exercise.
1549Compl. Scot. Prol. 9 Throucht sic excerse, ther membris mycht be purgit fra corruppit humours.
▪ II. † exerce, v. Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Forms: 4 exercen, 5–6 excers(e, 6 exers, 5– exerce.
[a. OF. exercer, ad. L. exercēre: see exercise n.]
1. trans. To set in motion; to give play to (anger); to display (wisdom); = exercise v. 1 b.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 84 Amang the Britis for till exers thair ire; Tha enterit in baith with blude and fyre. 1578Gude & Godl. Ball. (1868) 85 The just mannis mouth exercis sapience.
2. To give employment to (a person); to employ with a view to improvement; to discipline, train. Const. in. Also absol. of a thing: To keep employed or busy; = exercise v. 2 and 4.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. vii. (1561) 234 a, Certes all thyng that exerceth or corrigeth it profiteth. 1548Compl. Scot. Prol. 9 He statut ane ordinance til excerse his propir childir ande the ȝong princis. 1584T. Hudson Du Bartas' Judith (1608) 696 The honie bees Exerce themselfes on buddes of sweetest trees. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 29 The bookes of Troy..Exerce but cease thy toung and eke thy pen. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. (1885) 92 In handling of waiponis exerce thame.
3. To carry on, carry out, perform (deeds, trades, etc.); to put in force, wield (power, right, etc.); to fulfil (a duty), fulfil the duties of (an office). Cf. exercise v. 5. Also intr. to serve (as a soldier).
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. vi. 52 But wher shal men fynden any man þat may exercen or haunten any ryȝt vpon an oþer man but oonly vpon hys body. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 118 For to use and excerse the werkys of thaire sauement. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 427/1 He had..excerced..the fayte of aduocacye in the bysshoppes courte of Tryguyer. 1513Douglas æneis viii. viii. 141 To excers vnder the, And lerne the fate of knychtlie cheulrye. 1528Lyndesay Dream 1074 Be exampyll to thy peple all, Exersing verteous deidis honorabyll. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 9 Our lord Iesus thairfor sittis one the rycht hand of the power of god, exerceing æqual pouer with y⊇ father. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. v. (1851) 196 The Iustice Aires..were exerced with much rigour. 1681Lond. Gaz. No. 1670/1 The Intrinsick Spiritual Power of the Church..as it was exerced by the Apostles. 1707Duke of Athol in Vulpone 21 To retain, enjoy or bruik and exerce all their Rights.
Hence eˈxerced ppl. a., in scholastic phrase exerced act (= ‘exercised act’: see exercised ppl. a.)
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 293 Figures and tropes..in their actu signato..somewhat harsh and scabrous, yet in their exerced act, etc. |