Answer: exerts

AnswerCrossword Clue
EXERTSPuts forth with effort
EXERTSActivates
EXERTSStrains
EXERTSUses energy
EXERTSLifts weights
EXERTSWields or strives
EXERTSPuts forth effort
EXERTSEmploys muscle power
EXERTSMakes an effort
EXERTSGoes all out
EXERTSUses force
EXERTSUses, as influence
EXERTSBrings into play.
EXERTSPuts out
EXERTSPuts into action
EXERTSPuts forth, as power
EXERTSEmploys
EXERTSUses brawn
EXERTSUses, as authority
EXERTSPuts in action
exertsEXERT, to make an effort
exertsto put (oneself) into vigorous effort
exertsto put forth
exertsto put in force
EXERTSWorks hard
EXERTSPuts forth
EXERTSApplies, as force
EXERTSPuts forth, as effort
EXERTSApplies
EXERTSApplies, as pressure
EXERTSApplies, as effort
EXERTSBrings to bear
EXERTSWields
EXERTSApplies, as influence
EXERTSWields, as influence
EXERTSPuts forth, as pressure
EXERTSBrings to bear, as influence
EXERTSTries extra hard
EXERTSStrains.
EXERTSPuts in action.