exercised
/ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/ · verb
Meaning
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
- To perform physical activity for health or training.
- To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (now often in passive) 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 set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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