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ἐξασκ-έω ,
A.adorn, deck out, equip, “ἐσθῆτί τινα” S.OC1603: c. dupl. acc., ἁγώ νιν ἐξήσκησά in which . ., E.Hel.1383 codd.; πλόκαμον ἐ. κόμης arrange or dress it, Id.El.1071:—Pass., to be adorned or furnished with, “ὀργάνοισιν ἐξησκημένος” Id.Rh.922; “φυτοῖσιν” Lyc.858; “παισίν” Luc.Am.10: abs., [“ἡ χώρα] ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἐξήσκητο καὶ διεπεπόνητο” Hell.Oxy.12.5; “πώλους . . ἐξησκημένας” decked out, ready, Eub.84; μνῆμα εἰς κάλλος ἐξησκημένον beautifully wrought, Luc.DMort.24.1.
II. train thoroughly, “τινά” Pl.Clit.407b; “τὸ ναυτικόν” D.C.48.49:—Pass., to be trained or practised in, τι X.Eq.Mag.2.1; “περί τι ὑπό τινος” Plu.Nic.5.
2. practise, “ἕξιν” Id.Per.4; “τέχνην” Them.Or. 18.217c.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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