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vig⋅or

  [vig-er]
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–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, esp. legal validity.
Also, especially British, vigour.

Origin:
1300–50; ME vigo(u)r < AF; MF vigeur < L vigor force, energy, equiv. to vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or 1

Related forms:
vig⋅or⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
2. drive, force, strength.
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vig·our   (vĭg'ər)   
n.   Chiefly British
Variant of vigor.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: vigor
Variant: or chiefly British vigour
—see HYBRID VIGOR
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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