exert

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 165 words | Copyright

exert †discharge, emit; exercise, bring to bear. XVII. f. exert-, pp. stem of L. ex(s)erere put forth, f. EX-1 + serere bind, entwine, join.
So exertion XVII.

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