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Definition of Exerting
1. exert [v] - See also: exert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exerting
Literary usage of Exerting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The legions were commanded to follow, with as much expedition as those heavy
bodies were capable of exerting, the rapid flight of an enemy, whose infantry ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1850)
"Within five minutes, the ergot began to act ; yet, in two hours and a half
subsequently, during which time the woman was exerting herself more violently ..."
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