'Exercising' definitions:

Definition of 'exercising'

From: WordNet
noun
The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit" [syn: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout]

Definition of 'Exercising'

From: GCIDE
  • Exercise \Ex"er*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exercised; p. pr. & vb. n. Exercising.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. --Acts xxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. --Jer. ix. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. --Ezek. xxii. 29. [1913 Webster]

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