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vigorous


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vigorous  \Vig"or*ous\,  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. 
 
  Famed  for  his  valor,  young,  At  sea  successful, 
  vigorous  and  strong.  --Waller. 
 
  2.  Exhibiting  strength,  either  of  body  or  mind;  powerful; 
  strong;  forcible;  energetic;  as  vigorous  exertions;  a 
  vigorous  prosecution  of  a  war. 
 
  The  beginnings  of  confederacies  have  been  always 
  vigorous  and  successful.  --Davenant. 
  --  {Vig"or*ous*ly},  adv  --  {Vig"or*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vigorous 
  adj  1:  characterized  by  forceful  and  energetic  action  or  activity; 
  "a  vigorous  hiker";  "gave  her  skirt  a  vigorous  shake"; 
  "a  vigorous  campaign";  "a  vigorous  foreign  policy"; 
  "vigorous  opposition  to  the  war" 
  2:  strong  and  active  physically  or  mentally;  "a  vigorous  old 
  man  who  spent  half  of  his  day  on  horseback"-  W.H.Hudson 




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