exercise (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To give employment to in order to disciplineII. To carry on, discharge, exert1. exerceo, 22. exhĭbeo, 2 (not so in Cic.)3. cĕlĕbro, 1 (to attend to regularly)4. fungor, 3 v. TO DISCHARGE.III. To distress, afflictB. Intrans. • exercise (v.): A. Trans.: I. To give employment to in order to discipline: exerceo, 2: to e. the body, the memory, corpus, memoriam ex., Cic.: to be e.d (disciplined) in logic, in dialectica exerceri, Cic. Br. 90, 309: to e. recruits, tirones ex., Veg. 1, 11: v. to drill. II. To carry on, discharge, exert: 1. exerceo, 2: to e. the profession of physic, medicinam ex., Cic.: to e. the right of conquest, jus victoris ex., Flor. 3, 7, fin.: v. to carry on, practise. 2. exhĭbeo, 2 (not so in Cic.): to e. authority, imperium ex., Pl. Cas. 2, 6, 57: Plin. jun.: v. to exhibit. 3. cĕlĕbro, 1 (to attend to regularly): to e. jurisdiction, jurisdictionem c., Liv. 6, 32, init.: cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2: artes celebrare atque recolere. 4. fungor, 3 v. to discharge. III. To distress, afflict: vexo, 1: v. to harass. B. Intrans.: exerceor, 2: Veg.: v. supr. (A.).