exercising

Verb

exercise (third-person singular simple present exercises, present participle exercising, simple past and past participle exercised)

1. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
   • to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
2. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
   • I exercise at the gym every day.
3. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
   • exercise caution

   Synonyms:

   assert

4. (now often passive voice) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
   • exercised with pain
5. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
   • And herein doe I exercise my selfe to haue alwayes a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:16

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