exert oneself

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

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Breindel	-	Yiddish
MaŁGosia	-	Polish
Jaffar	-	Arabic
Augeas	['ɔ:dʒəs]
Arkadi	ahr-KAH-dee	Russian
Rangi	-	Maori, Polynesian Mythology