单词 | exerce |
释义 | † exercen. Obsolete. Scottish. Exercise. ΚΠ c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 7 Throucht sic excerse, ther membris mycht be purgit fra corruppit humours. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † exercev. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To set in motion; to give play to (anger); to display (wisdom); = exercise v. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation yieldc1315 underbear1382 to put forthc1390 showa1398 apply?c1400 to put outc1400 exercisec1405 to put toc1410 employ?1473 enforce1490 exerce1535 adhibit?1538 addict1562 endeavour?1575 work1591 address1598 to give stream to?1611 to lay out1651 exsert1665 exert1682 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 84 Amang the Britis for till exers thair ire; Tha enterit in baith with blude and fyre. 1578 Gude & 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, 4. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > training > train [verb (transitive)] to teach of1297 exercec1374 informc1384 schoolc1456 break1474 instruct1510 nuzzle1519 train1531 train1542 frame1547 experience?c1550 to trade up1556 disciplinea1586 disciple1596 nursle1596 accommodate1640 educate1643 model1665 form1711 to break in1785 scholar1807 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] busyeOE busyOE occupya1325 exercisec1384 employ1477 embusy1485 to hold (also keep) in play1548 exerce1584 engage1648 to tie up1887 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1561) iv. vii. 234 a Certes all thyng that exerceth or corrigeth it profiteth. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 7 He statut ane ordinance til excerse his propir childir ande the ȝong princis. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. E The bookes of Troy..Exerce but cease thy toung and eke thy pen. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 92 In handling of waiponis exerce thame. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith i. 23 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) The honie Bees Exerse themselfs on buddes of sweetest trees. 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 intransitive to serve (as a soldier). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] doeOE followOE holda1100 found1340 exercec1374 enhaunta1382 usea1398 proceed1399 apply?c1400 practise?c1430 exercise1467 takea1500 plya1513 enure1549 prosecute1567 inurea1577 manage1579 to stand on ——1599 to carry on1638 cultivate1654 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. 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. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 118 For to use and excerse the werkys of thaire sauement. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 427/1 He had..excerced..the fayte of aduocacye in the bysshoppes courte of Tryguyer. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. viii. 141 To excers vnder the, And lerne the fate of knychtlie cheulrye. 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 1074 Be exampyll to thy peple all, Exersing verteous deidis honorabyll. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 9 Our lord Iesus thairfor sittis one the rycht hand of the power of god, exerceing æqual pouer with ye father. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1851) v. 196 The Iustice Aires..were exerced with much rigour. 1681 London Gaz. No. 1670/1 The Intrinsick Spiritual Power of the Church..as it was exerced by the Apostles. 1707 Duke of Athol in Vulpone 21 To retain, enjoy or bruik and exerce all their Rights. Derivatives eˈxerced adj. in scholastic phrase exerced act (= ‘exercised act’: see exercised adj.) ΚΠ 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 281 Figures and tropes..in their actu signato..somewhat harsh and scabrous: yet in their exerced act, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1550v.c1374 |
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