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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†EXERCE, v., n. Also excerse.

1. v., tr. and intr. To carry out the duties of (an office); to act (in a certain capacity); to employ with a view to improvement. Cf. similar obs. use of exercise in Eng.Sc. 1708 in Earls of Crm. (ed. Fraser 1876) II. 79:
The presbetery of Aberdeen sent him a summonds to appear before them upon the account of schismatical practises in presuming to exerce the ministry by a license from the exauctorat bishops.Lnk. 1717 J.P.s Lnk. (S.H.S. 1931) 177:
The saids Justices of Peace . . . granting to him the said office . . . with full power . . . to bruik, enjoy and exerce the said office.Sc. 1718 Rec. Conv. Burghs (1885) 203:
That the conservator allow no persone to exerce as a factor.Rxb. 1718 in Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc. (1900) XXXII. 135:
They found him sufficiently capable and qualified to exerce schoolmaster in this place.Abd. 1793 in Process Powis v. Fraserfield (1805) 12:
Of doing and exercing all other things which can contribute to the benefit and advantage of the said burgh of barony.

2. n. Exercise, function.Sc. 1708 J. Dalgleish Sermon (1711) 11:
The Exerce or Vigour of Grace Ceases when the Spirit withdraws.Ags. 1728 Private Document (per Fif.¹):
Things requisite and necessar to due use and exerce.