exercised

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US/ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪzd/UK/ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/

adjective

The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.

OriginEnglish exercise ← Middle English exercise ← Old French exercise →
CommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of exercise
adjectiveexercised (comparative more exercised, superlative most exercised)

comparative more exercised · superlative most exercised

  1. The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.
  2. Experienced, practiced, trained.

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

    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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂erk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂orkéyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*arkeō
  9. Latinarceō
  10. Latinexerceō
  11. Latinexercitium
  12. Old Frenchexercise
  13. Middle Englishexercise
  14. Englishexercise
  15. Englishexercised

From exercise + -ed.

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APA

exercised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exercised

MLA

“exercised.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exercised. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exercised,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exercised.

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