exert

[ex·ert]

Exert basically means to put forth effort to do something. For example, when you exert yourself in a workout, you can really feel the burn in your muscles.

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To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

Verb
put to use; "exert one''s power or influence"

Verb
of power or authority

Verb
make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"


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.


Exert

Ex*ert" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.] [L. exertus, exsertus, p.p. of exerere, exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. Exsert.] 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.]
So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led.
2. 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. 3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.
When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body.
To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.

To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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Usage Examples

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself.

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs once acquired it can imprison us.

Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness. So when I can't go out there and exert energy and have fun and things like that, it kind of puts everything else into perspective.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

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Other Usage Examples

If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.

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