单词 | exertion |
释义 | exertionn.ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [noun] uppingc950 showingOE propositiona1382 evidencec1384 musterc1400 manifestation?a1425 demonstrationc1450 ostension1474 demonstrance1509 ostentationa1513 forthsetting1528 apparition1533 manifesting1536 outshow1547 objection1554 displaying1556 proclamation1567 discovery1576 remonstrance1583 appearance1587 explicature1592 ostent1600 object1609 showing forth1615 innotescencea1631 presentment1637 deplication1648 display1661 exertion1668 extraversion1675 exhibitiona1677 exertment1696 show-off1776 unfoldment1850 outcrop1854 outplay1859 eclosion1889 1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 252 O my Soul take thy allowed pleasure in such exertions of God, as thou dost now experience in thyself. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 33 Could we..apprehend the Ideated Man, and as he stood in the intellect of God upon the first exertion by Creation. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. x A proper exertion of that chearfulness, which God hath plainly designed us to shew. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. xxii. 305 An exertion of spirits, which increased with her increase of emotion. View more context for this quotation 2. The action or habit of exerting or putting into active operation (an organ, the faculties, or habit of the body or mind); the action of exercising or putting in force (power, a principle). Also an instance of this. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun] > exercising or exerting (a faculty or power) exercisec1340 exercitationc1374 enhaunting1382 exercising1508 exercition1525 execution1581 forthputting1640 exertinga1676 exertiona1676 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 21 The several exertions of the several organs relating to their several functions. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. v. 82 Habits of the Mind are produced by the Exertion of inward practical Principles. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 69 A Timidity which hinders the full Exertion of his Faculties. 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. App. iii. 600 [Elizabeth's] imperious temper..rendered her exertions of power violent and frequent. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vi. 568 Carrying the exertion of their powers to a height more extraordinary than they had before attempted. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 13 By a skilful exertion of strength and address, the body of Bonthron was placed safely on the ground. 3. The action of exerting oneself; vigorous action; effort; an instance or mode of exerting oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] hightOE workOE business1340 afforcinga1398 enforce1487 effort1490 contention1583 heave and shove1600 luctation1651 struggle1706 pingle1728 exertion1777 bother1823 brainstorming1839 beef1851 go-go-go1934 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 125 The constitution of their bodies [was] naturally..unaccustomed to the laborious exertions of industry. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 40 Working the dumb-bells or such other irrational exertions. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 327 To stimulate others to similar exertions. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges vi. 175 The power of using these expedients should not interfere with exertions to prepare better communications. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxi. 100 The fire was soon extinguished by the exertions of the soldiers. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 152 To keep up the proper supply of heat by increased exertion. 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. ii. i. 247 His health..was as yet unequal to the exertion of pleading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1668 |
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