An archaic or dialectal form meaning to exercise, practice, or train.
From Old French exercer, from Latin exercere (to drive out, train, practice). The word is related to modern 'exercise' and came through Norman French into Middle English.
This word is essentially a historical time capsule—it shows us the earlier pronunciation and form of 'exercise' before English standardized its spelling around the 16th century.
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