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vigor

/ˈvɪɡɚ/

vigor is the alternative form of vigour.

Meaning of vigour

Noun

vigour (countable and uncountable, plural vigours)

  1. Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
    • The vigour of this arm was never vain1717, John Dryden (tr.), Metamorphoses By Ovid, Book the Twelfth
    Synonyms:
    vim, ginger, punch, edge
  2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
    • A plant grows with vigour.
  3. Strength; efficacy; potency.
    • But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...

Forms of vigor

pluralvigors

Words formed from vigor

Phrases with vigor

Questions about vigor

What is vigor the alternative form of?
Vigor is the alternative form of vigour.
How do you pronounce vigor?
Vigor is pronounced /ˈvɪɡɚ/ (US).

Words near vigor in the dictionary

  1. Vigo County
  2. vigogne
  3. vigognes
  4. vigonia
  5. vigonias
  6. vigor
  7. vigored
  8. vigorimeter
  9. vigorimeters
  10. vigorish
  11. vigorishes

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