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Vigor

Vĭg'or, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. vigor, vigūr, N. Fr. vigueur, It. vigore, Pr., Sp., Pg., & Lat. vigor, from Lat. vigere, to be lively or strong.] 1. Active strength or force of body; physical force. The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden.

  1. Strength of mind; intellectual force; energy; as, vigor of mind or intellect.
  2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature; as, a plant grows with vigor.
  3. Strength; energy; efficacy.

In the fruitful earth His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. Milton.

Vig'or, v. t.

verbtransitive

To invigorate. [Obs.] Feltham.