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† eˈxercent, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. exercent-em, pr. pple. of exercēre to exercise.]
A. adj. That is actively exercising the duties of his calling or profession, or the characteristic functions of his office. Said esp. of an advocate: That is practising his profession, in practice.
1643Owen Puritan turned Jesuit 45 The Tyrant exercent..a Prince, that doth wilfully dissolve all, or the chiefest compacts of the Common-wealth. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. xxiv. 173/1 The Doctors Exercent in these courts in the year 1694 being forty four. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 56 The Judge may oblige every exercent Advocate to give his Patronage and Assistance unto a Litigant in Distress for want of an Advocat. [1857Act 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77. §116 ‘The College of Doctors of Law exercent in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts’, incorporated under that style..22nd June 8 Geo. III.]
B. n. One who exercises or follows a profession.
1720Strype Stow's Surv. I. i. xxiv. 155/2 Anno 1585 the doctors then inhabiting the Commons and Exercents in these courts were..but sixteen or seventeen in all. |