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noun

Vigor n.

Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. "The vigor of this arm was never vain."

Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.

Strength; efficacy; potency. "But in the fruithful earth... His beams, unactive else, their vigor find." Note: Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.

verb

Vigor v. t. To invigorate. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Vigor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vigor" Quotes from Famous Books

... affections of the brain? In the middle of the heat of July when each one of your pores slowly filters out and returns to the devouring atmosphere the glasses of iced lemonade which you have drunk at a single draught, have you ever felt the flame of courage, the vigor of thought, the complete energy which rendered existence light and sweet to you ...

— The Physiology of Marriage, Part II. • Honore de Balzac

... the icy pastry, gathered all his strength to hurl a ball back at Frank. But he "wound up," as baseball pitchers call that curving swinging of the arm just before the ball is thrown, with such vigor that he lost his balance. His feet went up into the air and he came down ker-plunk! but the snowball left his hand with what proved ...

— The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service • James R. Driscoll

... Malezieux, I hope you know me too well to have feared it for a single instant. Cast down! On the contrary, I never felt more vigor, or more determination. Oh, if I only were ...

— The Conspirators - The Chevalier d'Harmental • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

... Directions for your further Conduct from Brigr Gen1 Lovel who is authorizd, if he shall judge it necessary, to call in the Militia of the Counties of York Cumberland & Lincoln. It is expected that so spirited, experiencd and well Disciplind a Regiment as yours is, will add Vigor to the Inhabitants of that Part of the State, upon whose Attachment to the Cause of their Country great Dependence is to be had. A single Disappointment though attended with LOSS should by no means be a Discouragement to us. ...

— The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4 • Samuel Adams

... for, though indeed for herself she had cared nothing. Now, on this second occasion, she was burdened with the child infinitely precious to her heart, and for the sake of which even a stumble must be avoided. The first time she had been fresh, in the full vigor of her strength. Now she was worn out with a long tramp, and all the elasticity gone out of her, all the strength of soul and ...

— The Broom-Squire • S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

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