Exert
[ɪg'zɜːt;eg-] or [ɪɡ'zɝt]
Definition
(verb.) put to use; 'exert one's power or influence'.
(verb.) make a great effort at a mental or physical task; 'exert oneself'.
Editor: Roxanne--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.
(v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.
(v. t.) To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Exercise, use, put forth, put in action, bring into operation, set to work.
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Definition
v.t. to bring into active operation: to do or perform.—n. Exer′tion a bringing into active operation: effort: attempt.—adj. Exert′ive having the power or tendency to exert: using exertion.
Editor: Thea
Examples
- Now, Betteredge, exert those sharp wits of yours, and observe the conclusion to which the Colonel's instructions point! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Don't exert yourself, said George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She ought to believe that I would exert myself for her sake. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You had better not exert yourself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In many cases, it is preferable to exert a force of 30 pounds, for example, over the distance _CA_ than a force of 120 pounds over the shorter distance _BA_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The passion of vanity is so prompt, that it rouzes at the least call; while humility requires a stronger impulse to make it exert itself. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Lady Verinder exerted her influence to rouse him to a sense of duty in this matter; and I exerted my influence. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Raymond had somewhat raised himself at our approach, but it was with difficulty that he exerted himself even thus much. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Eggs and nuts are cracked without being crushed, and the power exerted and the strain endured automatically recorded. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- When they ceased to divert me, I exerted my intelligence, and pulled them up again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The ordinary problem in planetary perturbations calls for the determination of the effect on a known orbit exerted by a body of known mass and m otion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The deeper the water, the greater will be the weight sustained by the confining vessel and the greater the pressure exerted by the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is true that _P_, the load raised, will be less than _W_, the force exerted, but if speed is our aim, this machine serves our purpose admirably. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She exerts herself very much for Africa, sir, I said. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The hand exerts a small force over a long distance and draws out a nail. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- While most of us are familiar with the bursting of water pipes on a cold night, few of us realize the influence which freezing water exerts on the character of the land around us. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The fish is entirely surrounded by water which exerts an equal pressure on all sides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When air is compressed, its pressure increases, and it exerts a greater force against the matter with which it comes in contact. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The WILL exerts itself, when either the good or the absence of the evil may be attained by any action of the mind or body. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- At a light-red heat, iron becomes non-magnetic, so that a strong magnet exerts no influence over it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- During the whole of this time, the poor young lady was exerting herself by the light of her solitary lamp, _à pure perte! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thank you, said Dorothea, exerting herself, I am sure that is wise. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Again I rose; and, exerting all the firmness of which I was master, removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This personage had been exerting himself, with great alacrity, in driving all the flock of domestics to the other end of the verandah. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You mistake me, you quite mistake me, she replied, exerting herself. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He does not at any time exert a large force, but he accomplishes his purpose by exerting a small force continuously through a correspondingly greater distance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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