exertion

[EXERT.] Philips : Pastorals , v. we practice in that where frequency and habitude of action is requisite. we exercise an art; we prac- tice a profe ion: we may both exercise or practice a virtue; but the former is that which the particu- lar occurrence calls forth, and which seems to demand a peculiar effort of the mind; the latter is that which is done daily and ordinarily: thus we in a peculiar manner are said to exercise patience, fortitude or forbearance; to practice charity, kind- ne , benevolence, and the like The health 1. The act of exerting straining; putting a struggle. "The several exertions of the several organs."-Hale: Orig. of Mankind, p. 21. 2. A labor; a laborious effort; as, It is an exertion to him to speak. For the difference between exertion and en deavor , see ENDEAVOR.