·noun That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
II. Exercise ·noun The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
III. Exercise ·noun Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise on horseback.
IV. Exercise ·noun Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, ·etc.
V. Exercise ·noun The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.
VI. Exercise ·vi 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.
VII. Exercise ·vt To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to Busy.
VIII. Exercise ·vt To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to Use; to Employ; to Practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an Office.
IX. Exercise ·vt To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.
X. Exercise ·vt To occupy the attention and effort of; to Task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to Vex; to worry or make anxious; to Affect; to Discipline; as, exercised with pain.
XI. Exercise ·noun That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, ·etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.