Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French vigor, from Latin, from vigEre to be vigorous
Pronunciation : 'vi-g&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. physical strength; ability to survive (as of plants and animals); energy, vitality. vigor\vig"or\ , n. [oe. vigour, vigor, of. vigor, vigur, vigour, f. vigueur, fr. l. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. see:
vegetable, vigil.].
2. active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. the vigor of this arm was never vain.
3. strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
4. strength; efficacy; potency. but in the fruithful earth his beams, unactive else, their vigor find.note: vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.vigor \vig"or\, v. t. to invigorate. [obs.]vigor n.
5. an exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy" [syn: energy, vigour].
6. active strength of body or mind [syn: vigour].
7. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy" [syn: energy, vigour, vim].
8. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
9. Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
10. Strength; efficacy; potency.
11. To invigorate. active strength of body or mind.
12. the American spelling of vigour.