EXERT Copy link • EXERT☞ exsergre is not found in any sense of this word (except the Latinized meaning = “to thrust forth”), till Pliny, exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti; for exercere, exigere, experiri. To exert force, vim exercere, proferre, afferre, adhibere, praebere, etc. (Krebs). [Vid: To USE, EMPLOY.] To exert one’s self, vires, nervos intendere or contendere: to exert one’s self very much, omni ope atque opera eniti (ut etc.): to exert one’s self beyond one’s strength, se supra vires extendere: to exert all the little strength one has, nervulos suos adhibere: to exert one’s self beyond one’s years, praeter aetatem facere: to exert one’s self to no purpose, inanes impetus facere; in anything, frustra conari aliquid: to exert one’s self in speaking, voce contendere: to exert one’s self too much in speaking, voci nimis imperare (Plin., Ep., 5, 19, 6): not to exert one’s self in speaking, voci parcere. Vid: “to make EXERTION.