vigour

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈvɪɡə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈvɪɡɚ/

Noun

vigour

1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
2. (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

   A plant grows with vigour.

3. Strength; efficacy; potency.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.

Related terms

• vegetable
• vigil

Translations

• French: force, vigueur
• German: Ausdruckskraft, Energie, Leidenschaftlichkeit
• Russian: си́ла

Translations

• French: vigueur

Translations

• French: force, vigueur, énergie

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