exert oneself

Put oneself to strenuous effort, as in We exerted ourselves mightily to raise funds. [First half of 1700s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gavrel	-	Yiddish
Tryphena	-	Biblical
Eadan	-	Irish
Cowal	-	Irish
Cuthberht	-	Anglo-Saxon
Gayatri	-	Hinduism, Indian, Marathi, Hindi