vigor: Meaning and Definition of

vig•or

Pronunciation: (vig'ur), [key]
— n.
  1. active strength or force.
  2. healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
  3. energetic activity; energy; intensity: The economic recovery has given the country a new vigor.
  4. force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
  5. active or effective force, esp. legal validity.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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