vigor
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ər noun
1.
active strength or force.
2.
healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
3.
energetic activity; energy; intensity: The economic recovery has given the country a new vigor.
4.
force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
5.
active or effective force, especially legal validity.
Also, especially British, vig·our.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English vigo(u)r < Anglo-French; Middle French vigeur < Latin vigor force, energy, equivalent to vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or1
1300–50; Middle English vigo(u)r < Anglo-French; Middle French vigeur < Latin vigor force, energy, equivalent to vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or1
Related forms
vig·or·less, adjective
Synonyms
2. drive, force, strength.
2. drive, force, strength.
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vigour or (US) vigor (ˈvɪɡə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | exuberant and resilient strength of body or mind; vitality |
| 2. | substantial effective energy or force: the vigour of the tempest |
| 3. | forcefulness; intensity: the vigour of her complaints |
| 4. | the capacity for survival or strong healthy growth in a plant or animal: hybrid vigour |
| 5. | the most active period or stage of life, manhood, etc; prime |
| 6. | chiefly (US) legal force or effectiveness; validity (esp in the phrase in vigour) |
| [C14: from Old French vigeur, from Latin vigor activity, from vigēre to be lively] | |
| vigor or (US) vigor | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Old French vigeur, from Latin vigor activity, from vigēre to be lively] | |
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Word Origin & History
vigor
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. vigour, O.Fr. vigor, from L. vigorem (nom. vigor) "liveliness, activity, force," from vigere "be lively, flourish, thrive," from PIE *wog-/*weg- "be lively or active" (see vigil).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
It stirs the oceans with more vigor, and ever so slowly provides energy to the water world too.
No one questioned his renewed energy and vigor, because he had always been vivacious.
But as the continents spread, the ocean currents churned with ever more vigor.
And yet persons equipped with neither may perceive the magnificent vigor of the narrative.
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