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▪ I. exercising, vbl. n.|ˈɛksəsaɪzɪŋ| [f. exercise v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb exercise; an exercise. Also attrib.
1509Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. li. Wks. 100 The excercysynge and doynge of many good werkes. 1548R. Hutten Sum Diuinity 266 They be exercisynges of faythe. 1616Bingham tr. ælian's Tacticks 156 In exercising you must onely use these three termes of direction. Make ready. Present. Give fire. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. xi. 206 All sorts of trainings and exercising of armes. 1709W. Bishop in Ballard MSS. (Bodleian) XXXI. 54 The Free Exerciseing of Their Religion. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Exercising-apparatus, an apparatus for the use of gymnasts, or for the training of special muscles. ¶ Used gerundially with the omission of in.
1736Chandler Hist. Persec. 358 Whilst these severities were exercising against Protestants. ▪ II. exercising, ppl. a.|ˈɛksəsaɪzɪŋ| [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That exercises.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 343 The exercising-authors of this kind have been above describ'd, in the beginning of this treatise. |