EXERT

exert, exercise

(verb) put to use; “exert one’s power or influence”

wield, exert, maintain

(verb) have and exercise; “wield power and authority”

exert

(verb) make a great effort at a mental or physical task; “exert oneself”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

exert (third-person singular simple present exerts, present participle exerting, simple past and past participle exerted)

To put in vigorous action.

To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material.

Anagrams

• retex

Source: Wiktionary

Ex*ert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.] Etym: [L. exertus, exsertus, p.p. of exerere, exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. Exsert.]

1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden.

2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.

3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. South. To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition