vigor
vigor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
- 2.Strength; efficacy; potency. But in the fruithful earth . . . His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. Milton. 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.
- 3.To invigorate. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- antithesis
- antithetical
- bell
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- bold
- boldness
- brave
- breath
- buck
- burn
- can
- case
- clean
- command
- cure
- daisy
- elevated
- elevation
- eloquence
- eloquent
- enjoy
- est
- eupepsia
- excellent
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- force
- forcible
- fresh
- full
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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