Found 4 items, similar to Exert.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: exert menggunakan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: exert mengusahakan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: exert exert v 1: put to use; “exert one's power or influence” [syn: exercise] 2: of power or authority [syn: wield, maintain] 3: make a great effort at a mental or physical task; “exert oneself”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Exert Exert \Ex*ert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.] [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.] [1913 Webster] So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform. [1913 Webster] When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. --South. [1913 Webster] To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt. [1913 Webster]