exercisable

[English exercis ( e ); -able.] That may or can be exercised, used, employed, or exerted. "It is natural to see such powers with a jealous eye; and, when stretched in the exercise, they alarm and disgust those over whom they are exercisable ." - Hargrave: Jurid. Argum. (1797), p. 10. ěx-er-çişe, *ex-er-cyse, s . [Fr. exercice , from Lat. exercitium , from exercitus , pa. par. of exerceo =(1) to drive out of an inclosure, (2) to drive on, (3) to keep at work, to exercise: ex =out, and arceo to keep off; Sp. & Port. exercicio; Ital. esercizio .] IMG:content-1249.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Exertion or labor of the body for purposes of health or development of the natural powers. "In the healthful exercise of the field, I hunted with a battalion instead of a pack."- Gibbon : Memoirs. 3. Systematic exertion of the body for the purpose of acquiring dexterity, skill, or ease in any art, as rowing, fencing, .; bodily training. "The French apply themselves more universally to their exercises than any nation: one seldom sees a young gentleman that does not fence, dance, and ride." Add is on. 4. The act of carrying into effect or enforcing. "Whether the House of Commons should take the advice of the House of Lords in the exercise of the leg is lative power." -Ludlow: Memoirs, i. 246. 5. The practice or following of any profe ion or occupation. 6. The performance of religious duties. "Lewis refused even those of the church of England, who followed their master to St. Germain's, the public exercise of their religion."- Add is on . 7. A single act of divine worship. "Good Sir John, I'm in your debt for your last exercise ." Shakesp.: Richard III ., iii. 2. *8. Skill or dexterity acquired by practice. "For this they have been thoughtful to invest Their sons with arts and martial exercises ." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II ., iv. 5. 9. An occupation or habitual practice. "Hunting was his daily exercise." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III ., iv. 6. *10. Moral training, discipline. "And suffreth us, as for our exercise, With sharp scourges of aduersitie, Ful often to be felt in sondry wise." Chaucer: C. Т., 9,034. 11. A school composition, either original or a translation from or into some other language. "They comprised a little English and a little Latin names of things, declensions of articles and substantives, exercises thereon, and preliminary rules." - Dickens : Dombey and Son , ch. xi. 12. A task set; spec if., a le on given for practice. "The little books which Paul brings home to do those long exercises with."-Dickens: Dombey and Son, ch. xi. II. Technically : IMG:content-1250.png:[blocks in formation] 1732 2. Music : (1) Preparatory practice in order to obtain skill. (2) A composition intended for the improvement of the singer or player. (3) A composition or thesis required of candidates for degrees in music in the universities. ( Stainer & Barrett.) Exercise and addition: One of the exercises prescribed to students of theology in the Scotch universities, and also to candidates for the ministry, consisting of an exposition of a pa age of the Greek Testament. "The tryals of a student, in order to his being licensed to preach the gospel, do consist in these parts. 3. The Presbyterial Exercise and Addition : The Exercise gives the coherence of the text and context, the logical division, and explanation of the words, clearing hard and unusual phrases, if any be, with their true and proper meaning, according to the original language, . The Addition gives the doctrinal propositions or truths."Pardovan's Coll ., p. 30. ěx-er-çişe, *ex-er-cyse, v. t. & i. [Fr., Sp. and Port. exercer; Ital. exercere.] [EXERCISE, 8.] A. Transitive : 1. To employ; to engage in employment; to set in action or operation; to exert; to cause to act. "This faculty of the mind, when it is exercised immediately about things, is called judgment."-Locke. 2. To put in practice or operation; to carry out in action; to exert. "The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them."- Matthew xx. 25. 3. To perform the duties of; to carry out; to fulfill: as, to exercise an office. "A man's body is confined to a place; but where friend. ship is, all offices are granted to him and his deputy; for he may exercise them by his friend."- Bacon : E ays; Of Friendship. *4. To observe, to keep up. "The new ffest of whiche iij in the yere we exercyse." Coventry Mysteries, p. 71. 5. To train by use or practice to any act; to habituate to any act. "Strong meat be long eth to them who, by reason of use, have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." -Hebrews v. 14. 6. To busy; to keep employed or busy; to occupy. "He will exercise himself with pleasure, and without wearine , in that godlike employment of doing good."Atterbury. 7. To keep in a state of pain or discomfort; to deprive of rest, peace, or quiet. "Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us." Milton: P. L., ii. 89. 8. To cause mental occupation to; to make anxious or solicitous; to cause earnest or anxious thought to. 9. To use in exercise; to practice the use of. "Meantime I'll draw up my Numidian troop Within the square, to exercise their arms. Add is on: Cato , ii. 1. 10. To cause to take exercise for the exertion and strengthening of the muscles, the development of the bodily powers, the acquiring of skill or dexerity in any act or pursuit, . *B. In trans.: To take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice. "The Lacedæmonians were remarkable for the sport, and Alexander the Great frequently exercised at it." Broome . exert ment perfection: the exercise of the memory is of the first importance in the education of children; constant practice in writing is almost the only means by which the art of penmanship is acquired." (2) He thus discriminates between to exercise and to exert: "The employment of some power or qualification that belongs to one's self is the common idea conveyed by these terms; but exert may be used for what is internal or external of one's self; exer cise only for that which forms an expre part of one's self: hence we speak of exerting one's strength, or exerting one's voice, or exerting one's influence: of exercising one's limbs, exercising one's under. standing, or exercising one's tongue. Exert is often only used for an individual act of calling forth into action; exercise always conveys the idea of repeated or continued exertion ." (Crabb: Eng . Synon.)