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Definition of Exercised
1. exercise [v] - See also: exercise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exercised
Literary usage of Exercised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The most important of the obsolete prerogatives, other than those named, which
have been at one time claimed and exercised are the following. ..."
2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"POWER Exercised BY THE MAJORITY IN AMERICA UPON OPINION In America, when the
majority has once irrevocably decided a question, all discussion ceases—Reason ..."
3. A Manual of Naval Prize Law by Godfrey Lushington (1866)
"Powers; when and where to be exercised.. THE powers with which the Commander ...
These powers may not be exercised over any Vessel in the Territorial Waters ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"Where his troops were not quartered, or his frontier not advanced, he exercised
either an accepted authority or a predominant influence. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The authority of the senate, in the nomination of the consuls, was exercised with
such independent freedom, that no regard was paid to an irregular request ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"... reactions which, although occurring in the dark, are accelerated by sunlight.
V. " Note on the Influence exercised by Light on Organic Infusions. ..."
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