exercisable

exercisable
exercise NOUN 1) activity requiring physical effort carried out for the sake of health and fitness. 2) a task set to practise or test a skill. 3) an activity carried out for a specific purpose: a public relations exercise. 4) (exercises) military drills or training manoeuvres. 5) the application of a faculty, right, or process: the exercise of authority.
VERB 1) use or apply (a faculty, right, or process). 2) take or subject to exercise. 3) worry or perplex.
DERIVATIVES exercisable adjective exerciser noun.
ORIGIN Latin exercitium, from exercere 'keep busy, practise' .

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