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Definition of Exertive
1. a. Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
Definition of Exertive
1. Adjective. Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exertive
1. tending to exert [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exertive
Literary usage of Exertive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report Upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore by Olmsted Brothers, Municipal Art Society of Baltimore (1904)
"Other forms of exertive recreation could easily be named, such as swimming ...
It would seem as if Exertive those who own fast horses could generally afford ..."
2. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton, Henry Longueville Mansel, John Veitch (1861)
"Perhaps the phrase phse- nomena of exertion is, upon the whole, the best expression
to denote the manifestations,—and exertive. faculties, ..."
3. The Self-revelation of God by Samuel Harris (1886)
"... self-exertive. Freedom in its essence is exemption from conditions and limitations.
In his rational free will man is above nature, a supernatural being; ..."
4. The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton by William Hamilton (1872)
"... the best expression to denote the manifestations, and exertive faculties, the
best expression to denote the faculties, of will and desire. ..."
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