exercised

verb

1. 1

   To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

   “to exercise troops or horses;  to exercise one's brain with a puzzle”

2. 2

   To perform physical activity for health or training.

   “I exercise at the gym every day.”

3. 3

   To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

   “She is going to exercise her right to vote.”

4. 4

   (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.

   “exercised with pain”

5. 5

   To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.