Definition of exert

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Exert (v. t.) To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice..

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Achievement :: Achievement (n.) The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object..
Vigorous :: Vigorous (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war..
Touch :: Touch (v.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile..
Torpid :: Torpid (a.) Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb..
Indolence :: Indolence (n.) The quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity..
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..
Exertive :: Exertive (a.) Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.
Chemism :: Chemism (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.
Sail :: Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird..
Inactivity :: Inactivity (n.) Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; want of energy; sluggishness.
Catalysis :: Catalysis (n.) A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyali
Endeavor :: Endeavor (n.) An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
Excito-secretory :: Excito-secretory (a.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action..
Operative :: Operative (a.) Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive..
Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..
Club :: Club (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions..
Creative :: Creative (a.) Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..
Energetical :: Energetical (a.) Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.
Function :: Function (n.) The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind..
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