exercised

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-der.

Proto-Italic *arkeō

Latin arceō

Latin exerceō

Latin exercitiumder.

Old French exercisebor.

Middle English exercise

English exercise

Middle English -ed

English -ed

English exercised

From exercise + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪzd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧er‧cised

Verb

exercised

1. simple past and past participle of exercise

Adjective

exercised (comparative more exercised, superlative most exercised)

1. The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.
2. Experienced, practiced, trained.
   • 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20:

     Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang.

Derived terms

• nonexercised
• underexercised
• unexercised