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Webster 1913 Edition

Exercent

Ex-er′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
exercents
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
exercere
. See
Exercise
.]
Practicing; professional.
[Obs.]
“Every exercent advocate.”
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Exercent

EXER'CENT

,
Adj.
[L.exercens. See Exercise.] Using; practicing; following; as a calling or profession. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

exercent

exercent

English

Adjective

exercent ‎(not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) in practice; professional
    • 1714, John Ayliffe, The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford
      A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zɛʁs/

Verb

exercent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of exercer
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exercer

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

exercent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of exerceō

Etymology

From Latin exercents, exercentis, present participle of exercere. See exercise.

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