Definition of exercise

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Exercise (n.) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

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Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation..
Slatterpouch :: Slatterpouch (n.) A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Silence :: Silence (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel..
Superintendence :: Superintend (v. t.) To have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort..
Solfeggio :: Solfeggio (n.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables..
Unbreathed :: Unbreathed (a.) Not exercised; unpracticed.
Palestra :: Palestra (n.) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
Forbearance :: Forbearance (n.) The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience.
Martialism :: Martialism (n.) The quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war.
Nonresistant :: Nonresistant (n.) One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force..
Play :: Play (n.) To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
Presage :: Presage (v. t.) Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment..
Limit :: Limit (v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..
Exercise :: Exercise (v. i.) To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement..
Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (a.) Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places..
Disturbance :: Disturbance (n.) An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current..
Lesion :: Lesion (n.) Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
Xystus :: Xystus (n.) A long and open portico, for athletic exercises, as wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather..
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