† exertmentn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of exerting; display, exertion.
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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
1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God i. vii. 153 This unusual Exertment of Divine Providence we of this Nation..have lately felt with Surprise.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Clarke).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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