[vig-er] 
| 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, esp. legal validity. |
| vig·or (vĭg'ər) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from vigēre, to be lively; see weg- in Indo-European roots.] Synonyms: These nouns denote a quality of spirited force or energy: intellectual vigor; played the piano with dash; an editorial with real punch; painted with verve; arguing with his usual vim; a decreased mental vitality. |