Exploit, subst. 1) a deed of renown: Merch. III, 2, 60. All's III, 6, 72. H4A I, 2, 192. I, 3, 199. H5 I, 2, 121. H6A II, 1, 43. II, 3, 5. R3 V, 3, 330. Troil. III, 1, 89. Tit. V, 1, 11. Caes. II, 1, 317. “to do --s,” H6A IV, 5, 27. H6B I, 1, 196. Used ironically: Err. IV, 3, 27. Mids. III, 2, 157. H4B I, 2, 169. Hml. IV, 7, 65. Lr. II, 2, 130. Of deeds of great wickedness: Lucr. 429. R3 IV, 2, 35. Mcb. IV, 1, 144.
2) combat, war: “sick for breathing and e.” All's I, 2, 17. “I must give myself some hurts, and say I got them in e.” IV, 1, 41.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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