exercisedadj.
/ˈɛksəsʌɪzd/ In senses of the verb exercised act: tr. medieval Latin actus exercitus, a scholastic term used in various senses opposed to actus signatus; in Duns Scotus it means specific being viewed in itself, not as an object of predication. See exerced adj. at exerce v. Derivatives, exercite adj.
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the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [adjective]
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > discipline
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exercised, Exercitatus.
1590 C. S. Briefe Resol. Right Relig. 19 He..disclaimeth..such exercised lordship ouer the Cleargie.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 37 We must be all exercised souldiers.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 167 The exercised fortune maketh the able man.
1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 53 Therfore the end hath an actiue, and an exercised act, in the producing of the effect.
1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes ii. 33 The strongest and most exercised head in Contemplation.
1690 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers (1834) 63 We were an exercised people.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1756 I. 168 We..venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §40. 147 Questions..decided..by the exercised faculties of each spiritual mind.
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