Meanings
adjectiveexercent (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteCurrently working; practising; professional
A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]
1714, John Ayliffe, The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford
Origin
- Latinexercents
- Englishexercent
From Latin exercents, exercentis, present participle of exercere. See exercise.
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exercent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exercent
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