单词 | exert |
释义 | † exertadj. Obsolete. Used as past participle of exert v. Also = exsert adj., exserted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] exert1647 exserted1826 exsertile1828 rhizopodal1845 exsert1846 rhizopodial1920 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. i. xxxix The self-same power (Which is exert upon each mortall wight). 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. i. i To view the various frie from their dark wombs exert. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. Bv They [sc. the teeth] are not exert or serrate in any [animals] that are horned: but concavous in all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). exertv. a. transitive. To thrust forth; to push out or up; to discharge (a seed); to emit (light, etc.). Obsolete. Cf. exsert adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit send971 stretchc1275 casta1300 sheda1325 manda1350 to throw outa1413 yielda1450 devoida1475 render1481 reflair1509 sup out1513 to give out1530 utter1536 spout1568 to give fortha1586 to let fly1590 to put out1614 eject1616 evacuate1622 ejaculate1625 emit1626 fling1637 outsend1647 exert1660 extramit1668 exclude1677 emane1708 extromita1711 evolve1772 emanate1797 discharge1833 exsert1835 to give off1840 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. ii. v. 231 The seeds of venome..will infallibly be exerted to our mischief. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. i. 147 He..that should say the Sun had a Power of exerting Light out of his own Body. 1690 J. Banister Let. 2 Aug. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1693) 17 671 The Film, the Nautilus..exerts, may be analogous to this. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 89 Apple Trees, whose Trunks are strong to bear Their spreading Boughs, exert themselves in Air. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 60 The Orchart loves to wave With Winter Winds, before the Gems exert Their feeble Heads. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1692 J. Dryden Eleonora 11 The sev'ral parts lay hidden in the Piece; Th' Occasion but exerted that, or this. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶1 My Friend was in some Doubt whether he should not exert the Justice of the Peace upon such a Band of lawless Vagrants. a1845 R. H. Barham Wedding-day in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. ii. i. 15 They lead us into Ruin with the Face of Angels, and when the Door is shut on us, exert the Devil. 2. To manifest in action, bring into active operation (force, a quality, etc.); to exercise, bring to bear. †to exert every nerve = to strain every nerve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation yieldc1315 underbear1382 to put forthc1390 showa1398 apply?c1400 to put outc1400 exercisec1405 to put toc1410 employ?1473 enforce1490 exerce1535 adhibit?1538 addict1562 endeavour?1575 work1591 address1598 to give stream to?1611 to lay out1651 exsert1665 exert1682 the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > practise or carry on [verb (transitive)] > exercise or put into practice (principle or quality) kithec1330 usec1330 apply1395 execute14.. in urec1420 exercisea1513 to put into (also in) practice1553 reduce1581 to make practice of1623 exsert1665 exert1682 1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 210 Gods Faithfulness..is actuated, and exerted in his Providences. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 582 The fore-mentioned Faith..will..recover and exert it self. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 112. ¶1 And exerting all such Qualities as are apt to give them a Figure in the Eye of the Village. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 111 Deborah exerted much sagacity in conjecturing. 1781 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 453 I should have exerted every nerve for Mr. Laurens. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 298 To exert a power truly consistent with their constitutional prerogative. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 303 All bodies are capable of exerting electrical attraction. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxi. 344 Supposing..the unimpeded thrust of the whole glacier..to be exerted on the ice at the Montanvert, etc. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 133 In the middle ages the influence of the church was almost invariably exerted on the side of order and peace. 3. a. to exert oneself: to put forth one's latent powers; to use efforts or endeavours; to strive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself [verb (reflexive)] afforcec1300 enforcec1386 virtuea1393 endeavourc1400 naitc1400 envirtue1477 exploit1490 to put it forthc1500 constrainc1510 efforce1512 lay1535 evirtuate1642 to exert oneself1736 hump1835 spread1843 to put about1983 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 32 By thus exerting Ourselves, we obtain and enjoy these Objects. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) I. 62 Every individual..is under obligation to exert himself for the general good. 1861 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xiii Every one must now exert himself who would not choose to go to the wall. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] tillc897 stightlea1375 stretcha1375 wrestlea1382 to put it forthc1390 to put one's hand(s) to (also unto)a1398 paina1400 takea1400 to do one's busy pain (also care, cure, diligence)?a1430 to make great force?c1450 makec1485 to stir one's stumpsa1500 to bestir one's stumps1549 to make work1574 put1596 bestira1616 operate1650 to lay out1659 to be at pains1709 exerta1749 tew1787 maul1821 to take (the) trouble1830 to pull outc1835 bother1840 trouble1880 to buck up1890 hump1897 to go somea1911 a1749 A. Philips Pastorals v To try How art exerting, might with nature vie. 1799 J. Mackintosh Study Law Nature & Nations in Wks. (1846) I. 363 Other men..have exerted to disguise the most miserable common-places in the shape of paradox. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] i-wurchec888 i-dreeeOE doeOE dightc1000 workOE haveOE fet1297 takec1380 gara1400 playc1410 practisec1475 bedrive1481 fetch1530 perpetrate1535 act1590 exert1662 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis iii. 29 An occasioning him to exert an operation of his mind which he did not before. 1667 Sydenham in J. Brown Horæ Subsec. (1882) 1st Ser. 125 If it shall happen yt the Mercury shall..exert its operation by stooles. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 489 When the Will has exerted an Act of Command upon any Faculty of the Soul. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 638 That youth..after exerting many useless acts of unfortunate bravery, fell in battle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647v.1660 |
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