exercised

English

Etymology

exercise +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɚ.saɪzd/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sə.saɪzd/
Hyphenation: ex‧er‧cised

Verb

exercised

simple past and past participle of exercise

Adjective

exercised (comparative more exercised, superlative most exercised)

The property of having been exercised, used, acted upon.
Practiced, trained, experienced.
- 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIV, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20:
  Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang.

Derived terms

unexercised

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