[syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vigor \Vig"or\, n. [OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour,
F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong.
See Vegetable, Vigil.]
1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for
exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force;
energy.
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The vigor of this arm was never vain. --Dryden.
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2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action;
as, a plant grows with vigor.
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3. Strength; efficacy; potency.
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But in the fruithful earth . . .
His beams, unactive else, their vigor find.
--Milton.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vigor \Vig"or\, v. t.
To invigorate. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vigor
n 1: forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy";
"he's full of zip" [syn: energy, vigor, vigour,
zip]
2: active strength of body or mind [syn: vigor, vigour,
dynamism, heartiness]
3: an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing);
"his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity
of style" [syn: energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour,
vim]