| Vigor | n. [ OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See Vegetable, Vigil. ] 1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. [ 1913 Webster ] The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Strength; efficacy; potency. [ 1913 Webster ] But in the fruithful earth . . .
His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vigorous | a. [ Cf. OF. vigoros, F. vigoureux, LL. vigorosus. ] 1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. [ 1913 Webster ] Famed for his valor, young,
At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war. [ 1913 Webster ] The beginnings of confederacies have been always vigorous and successful. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ] -- Vig"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Vig"or*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] |
