vbl. sb. [f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. EXERT; † an instance of this, an exertion.
1676. Hale, Contempl., I. 396. This habit of Piety in your soul … will put forth actual exertings of it self in applications of short occasional Prayers. Ibid. (1677), Prim. Orig. Man., I. i. 31. This analogical Providence … though it accomodate not it self to the finger in those exertings of those Senses of Seeing or hearing, yet [etc.].
1695. Pepys, Let. Tanner, in Academy, 23 Aug. (1890), 152/2. Inviteing our learned Professor to ye exerting of his Strength.
