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Exercitation

Exercitation \Ex*er`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. exercitatio, fr. exercitare, intense., fr. exercere to exercise: Cf. f. exercitation.] exercise; practice; use. [R.]
--Sir T. Browne.

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exercitation

n. (context obsolete English) The exercise or exertion of some power, responsibility, faculty etc.

Usage examples of "exercitation".

By way of geographical exercitation, we had all drawn our several plans, showing, after Arab statement, the lay of Shaghab and Shuwak, the two ruins which we were about to visit.

I am positive when I say that if need were I could produce a cloud of witnesses to the excellence of her noble exercitations which, so far from being a byword, should be a glorious incentive in the human breast.