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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.]
  
              So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by
              whom the lights of heaven are led.    --Dryden.
  
     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.
  
     3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to
        bring to bear; to do or perform.
  
              When we will has exerted an act of command on any
              faculty of the soul or member of the body. --South.
  
     {To exert one's self}, to use efforts or endeavors; to
        strive; to make an attempt.

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