exert oneself

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tullia	-	Italian, Ancient Roman
Nevukhadnetztzar	-	Biblical Hebrew
Canute	kə-NOOT (English), kə-NYOOT (English)	History
Alkmene	-	Greek Mythology
Alberta	al-BUR-tə (English), ahl-BER-tah (Italian, Polish, German)	English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, German
Bine	-	Danish