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exercised, ppl. a.|ˈɛksəsaɪzd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
In senses of the vb.
exercised act: tr. med.L. actus exercitus, a scholastic term used in various senses opposed to actus signatus; in Duns Scotus it means specific being viewed in itself, not as an object of predication. See exerced, exercite a.
1552Huloet, Exercised, Exercitatus. 1590C. S. Right Relig. 19 He..disclaimeth..such exercised lordship ouer the Cleargie. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 37 We must be all exercised souldiers. 1607–12Bacon Ess. Fortune (Arb.) 379 The exercised fortune maketh the Able man. 1628T. Spencer Logick 53 Therfore the end hath an actiue, and an exercised act, in the producing of the effect. 1631T. May tr. Barclay's Mirr. Mindes ii. 33 The strongest and most exercised head in Contemplation. 1690Penn Rise & Progr. Quakers (1834) 63 We were an exercised people. 1791Boswell Johnson an. 1756 We..venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §40. 147 Questions..decided..by the exercised faculties of each spiritual mind. |