exerceo

== Latin == === Etymology === From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ arceō (“enclose; ward off”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈsɛr.ke.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eɡˈzɛr.t͡ʃe.o] === Verb === exerceō (present infinitive exercēre, perfect active exercuī, supine exercitum); second conjugation to keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy, practise, employ, exercise (something in a form of action) Synonyms: operor, labōrō, vertō, versō, iactō to harass, worry to oversee, superintend, operate to work (at) 4th century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, Proverbs 24:27: praeparā forīs opus tuum et dīligenter exercē agrum tuum ut posteā aedificēs domum tuam Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house. (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible) (reflexive or passive voice) to train, to exercise (e.g., for a race or sport) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “exerceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “exerceo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “exerceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.