exercitation
Americannoun
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exercise or exertion, as of the faculties or powers of the body or mind.
an exercitation of the imagination.
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practice or training.
exercitations in logical thinking.
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the performance of a religious observance; an act of worship.
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a disquisition or discourse performed as a display of skill.
noun
Etymology
Origin of exercitation
1325–75; Middle English exercitacioun < Latin exercitātiōn- (stem of exercitātiō ) exercise, practice, equivalent to exercitāt ( us ) (past participle of exercitāre, to exercise, frequentative of exercēre; see exercise) + -iōn- -ion
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By way of geographical exercitation, we had all drawn our several plans, showing, after Arab statement, the lay of Shaghab and Shuwák, the two ruins which we were about to visit.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
He is not bound by any verbal fidelity to his author; he rather adapts the book to his own use and mental exercitation.
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by John Earle
It is not a mere exercitation of the intellect, it is an endeavor to get nearer God—to assert his eternal Providence, and vindicate his ways to men.
From Spare Hours by John Brown
How shall I better have that preliminary and moderate exercitation which serves to get up the steam, than by talking for a little about the scene around me?
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
Inexperience, the lack of mental exercitation, hence Ignorance, is the Negative Factor, or Nothing.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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