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exercice (s.xiiim)

exercice (s.xiiim)

exercise;  excercice,  excercise,  excercite  (exercite (l. exercice) excertite (l. excercice) excerccice)  
  FEW:  exercitium 3,292b Gdf:  exercice 3,681b GdfC:  exercice 9,582a TL: exercice 3,1535 DEAF: DMF:  exercice  TLF:  exercice  OED:  exercise n.  MED:  exercise n.  DMLBS:  exercitium 843a

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1physical exercise
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  travail ausi e exercice Sucur en est de oster malice  Secr abernun 2096
2exercise (of an office, power)
( 1386 )  si [...] les ditz counseillers soient destourbez [...] sur l’exerccice [sic] de lor poair  Stats ii 42
( 1422 )  pur l’exercice des offices  Rot Parl1 iv 170
3lawuse, exercise of a right
( 1313-14 )  si trové soit par record de autre ou par sa chartre demene q’il ne deit pas en tiele manere avoir le, il serra forjugé de excercice et la fraunchise pris serra en la main le Roi  YBB Ed II viii 193
( 1397 )  touchant la usee et exercise de mesme la commission  Rot Parl1 iii 381
( 1402 )  discordes et debates […] parentre l’evesqe d’Ely et l’ercedeaken d’Ely sur l’exercise de lour jurisdictioun  Rot Parl1 iii 500
4control (over)
( 1430-31 )  pur l’exercice dez tielx merchandisez deins le dit staple  Rot Parl1 iv 378
5practice, habit
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  [...] Usez bone vertu e par exercice Ostez males teches  CATO ANON ANTS 153
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  E plein de merite aussi fu Par exercice de vertu En orant e en bien fesant  Lum Lais ANTS 4952
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  excercice si est usage […] En quei dunkes excerciter Deit em pur merite aver  Lum Lais ANTS 7379
6trial, test
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  checun ad […] Un bon angle a li assegnez Pur garder le de mal e de vice, E un mauveis pur excercice  Lum Lais ANTS 1574
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