If someone or something exerts influence, authority, or pressure, they use it in a strong or determined way. He exerted considerable influence on the thinking of the scientific community on these issues. American English: exert / ɪgˈzɜrt /. Brazilian Portuguese: exercer. More @Wikipedia
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