Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exercising; practising; acting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Practicing; professional.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete in
practice ;professional
Etymologies
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Examples
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Iesus autem vocavit eos ad se et ait: Scitis quia principes gentium dominantur eorum et, qui magni sunt, potestatem exercent in eos.
Archive 2008-10-19 papabear 2008
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Iesus autem vocavit eos ad se et ait: Scitis quia principes gentium dominantur eorum et, qui magni sunt, potestatem exercent in eos.
The New Beginning papabear 2008
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Les femmes exercent rarement les pleins droits sur les terres et immeubles.
D��put��s du" changement" Sortez-nous de l'ins��curit�� fonci��re 2007
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Nisi his malis medentur, frustra exercent justitiam.
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La croissance démographique et le développement du marché exercent une surenchère parfois dramatique sur les ressources foncières, notamment à proximité des villes et métropoles, et dans les régions productrices de haute valeur comme les régions septentrionales, greniers à coton du Bénin.
D��put��s du" changement" Sortez-nous de l'ins��curit�� fonci��re 2007
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There is not any slavery which these villains will not undergo, inter illos plerique latrinas evacuant, alii culinariam curant, alii stabularios agunt, urinatores et id genus similia exercent, &c. like those people that dwell in the
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Commercia in nundinis noctu hora secunda ob nimios qui saeviunt interdiu aestus exercent.
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Multiplicantur nunc in terris ut locustae non patriae parentes, sed pestes, pessimi homines, majore ex parta superciliosi, contentiosi, &c. licitum latrocinium exercent.
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Capilli retia Cupidinis, sylva caedua, in qua nidificat Cupido, sub cujus umbra amores mille modis se exercent.
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Carnificinam exercent, one saith they tyrannise over men's consciences more than any other tormentors whatsoever, partly for their commodity and gain; Religionem enim omnium abusus (as [6405] Postellus holds), quaestus scilicet sacrificum in causa est: for sovereignty, credit, to maintain their state and reputation, out of ambition and avarice, which are their chief supporters: what have they not made the common people believe?
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