v. t. To deprive of life or vitality. -- De*vi`tal*i*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

a. Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Between two lives. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Through all its [ the spirit's ] intervital gloom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To restore vitality to; to bring back to life. L. S. Beale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See Vivid. ] 1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do the heavens afford him vital food? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Containing life; living. “Spirits that live throughout, vital in every part.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Very necessary; highly important; essential. [ 1913 Webster ]

A competence is vital to content. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of the seventh month to be vital. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vital air, oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to animal life. [ Obs. ] --
Vital capacity (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration. --
Vital force. (Biol.) See under Force. The vital forces, according to Cope, are nerve force (neurism), growth force (bathmism), and thought force (phrenism), all under the direction and control of the vital principle. Apart from the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable character, nor vital force as anything other than a form of physical energy derived from, and convertible into, other well-known forces of nature. --
Vital functions (Physiol.), those functions or actions of the body on which life is directly dependent, as the circulation of the blood, digestion, etc. --
Vital principle, an immaterial force, to which the functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed. --
Vital statistics, statistics respecting the duration of life, and the circumstances affecting its duration. --
Vital tripod. (Physiol.) See under Tripod. --
Vital vessels (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused. See Latex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vital part; one of the vitals. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to life; vital. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vitalitas: cf. F. vitalité. ] The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of vitalizing, or infusing the vital principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vitalized p. pr. & vb. n. Vitalizing ] [ Cf. F. vitaliser. ] To endow with life, or vitality; to give life to; to make alive; as, vitalized blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a vital manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. 1. Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The part essential to the life or health of anything; as, the vitals of a state. “The vitals of the public body.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]