exertive

== English == === Etymology === From exert +‎ -ive. === Adjective === exertive (comparative more exertive, superlative most exertive) That exerts, or exerts oneself; using exertion. === References === “exertive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.