exert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exert	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exert v put to use; "exert one's power or influence" [syn: exert, exercise] have and exercise; "wield power and authority" Synonym(s): wield, exert, maintain make a great effort at a mental or physical task; "exert oneself"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exert \Exert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exerting}.] [L. exertus, exsertus, p. p. of exerere, exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See {Series}, and cf. {Exsert}.] 1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. --Dryden. 2. 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. 3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. --South. {To exert one's self}, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.