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        4. Lesson, task, test-lesson, examples for practice, praxis.

      Exercise, v. a.

        1. Exert (constantly), employ, busy, apply, use, put in action, set to work.
        2. Exert, wield, effect, produce, carry into effect.
        3. Discipline, train, drill, break in, habituate to practice.
        4. Practise, pursue, carry on.
        5. Task, try, test, put to the test.
        6. Try, afflict, burden, annoy, trouble, pain, make anxious, render uneasy.

      Exercise, v. n. Labor, work, make exertion, take exercise.

      Exert, v. a. Use, put forth, put in action, bring into operation, set to work. See exercise,

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        Exertion, n.

          1. Exerting, exercise, use. See the verb.
          2. Effort, endeavor, struggle, attempt, trial, strain, stretch.

        Exert one’s self. Labor, toil, strive, try, endeavor, work, take pains, bestir one’s self, fall to work, work with a will, leave no stone unturned, do one’s best, make effort, make great efforts.

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