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exercent

exercent adjective: currently working; practising; professional.

Adjective

exercent (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Currently working; practising; professional
    • A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]1714, John Ayliffe, The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford

Origin of exercent

From Latin exercents, exercentis, present participle of exercere. See exercise.

Questions about exercent

What does exercent mean?
Exercent means currently working; practising; professional.
What part of speech is exercent?
Exercent is an adjective.

Words near exercent in the dictionary

  1. exequious
  2. exequy
  3. exequys
  4. exerbike
  5. exerbikes
  6. exercent
  7. exercice
  8. exercices
  9. exercisability
  10. exercisable
  11. exercise

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