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vig·our

 (vĭg′ər)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of vigor.
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vigour

(ˈvɪɡə) or

vigor

n
1. exuberant and resilient strength of body or mind; vitality
2. substantial effective energy or force: the vigour of the tempest.
3. forcefulness; intensity: the vigour of her complaints.
4. (Biology) the capacity for survival or strong healthy growth in a plant or animal: hybrid vigour.
5. the most active period or stage of life, manhood, etc; prime
6. (Law) chiefly US legal force or effectiveness; validity (esp in the phrase in vigour)
[C14: from Old French vigeur, from Latin vigor activity, from vigēre to be lively]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vigour - forceful exertionvigour - forceful exertion; "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"
forcefulness, strength, force - physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
athleticism, strenuosity - intense energy; "his music is characterized by a happy athleticism"
2.vigour - active strength of body or mindvigour - active strength of body or mind  
strength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
3.vigour - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)vigour - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
sprightliness, liveliness, spirit, life - animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
verve, vitality - an energetic style
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vigour

U.S. vigor
noun energy, might, force, vitality, power, activity, spirit, strength, snap (informal), punch (informal), dash, pep, zip (informal), animation, verve, gusto, dynamism, welly (slang), oomph (informal), brio, robustness, liveliness, vim (slang), forcefulness He lacks the vigour of a normal, healthy teenager. He played with great vigour.
weakness, apathy, inertia, frailty, fragility, lethargy, inactivity, impotence, sluggishness, infirmity, feebleness
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Translations
نَشاط، قُوَّه
energie
energi
kraftur, lífsorka
veržliai
enerģijaspars
canlılıkşevk

vigour

vigor (US) [ˈvɪgəʳ] Nvigor m, energía f
with great vigourcon mucho vigor, con mucha energía
with renewed vigourcon renovado vigor, con renovada energía
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vigour

[ˈvɪgər] (British) vigor (US) nvigueur f
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vigour

, (US) vigor
nKraft f, → Energie f; (of protest, denial)Heftigkeit f; (of exercises)Energie f; (of player)Dynamik f; (of speech, debater)Leidenschaftlichkeit f; (of prose)Ausdruckskraft f; sexual/youthful vigoursexuelle/jugendliche Spannkraft; all the vigour has gone out of the undertakingdas Unternehmen hat jeglichen Schwung verloren
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vigour

vigor (Am) [ˈvɪgəʳ] nvigore m
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vigour

(American) vigor (ˈvigə) noun
strength and energy. He began his new job with enthusiasm and vigour.
ˈvigorous adjective
a vigorous dance.
ˈvigorously adverb

The adjective is always spelt vigorous.
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References in classic literature ?
She did these things not under any external impulse as people in the full vigor of life do, when behind the purpose for which they strive that of exercising their functions remains unnoticed.
In one kind of death the spirit also dieth, and this it hath been known to do while yet the body was in vigor for many years.
THE arrival of the Beaver with a reinforcement and supplies, gave new life and vigor to affairs at Astoria.
However, I am content with the fact--I never age, and I love life and the vigor of youth.
There were times, indeed, when the vigor she put into her work was more of a relief to her feelings than it was an ardor to efface dirt--Nancy, in spite of her frightened submission to her mistress, was no saint.
To Konstantin the peasant was simply the chief partner in their common labor, and in spite of all the respect and the love, almost like that of kinship, he had for the peasant-- sucked in probably, as he said himself, with the milk of his peasant nurse--still as a fellow-worker with him, while sometimes enthusiastic over the vigor, gentleness, and justice of these men, he was very often, when their common labors called for other qualities, exasperated with the peasant for his carelessness, lack of method, drunkenness, and lying.
"I fully understand language," he said, "and nourish well my vast-flowing vigor."--"I beg to ask what you call vast-flowing vigor?"--said his companion.
It seemed to refine him, to remove from him much of the dross of flesh and the too animal- like vigor that lured her while she detested it.
She bathed Madame Ratignolle's face with cologne, while Robert plied the fan with unnecessary vigor.
Wait, please; you betray too much vigor, too much decision; you want more of a shamble.
On the other hand, it will be equally forgotten that the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty; that, in the contemplation of a sound and well-informed judgment, their interest can never be separated; and that a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
What if his mind should lose its vigor? What if death should come upon him ere the work were done?