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vitality |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vitality \Vi*tal"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vitalitas: cf F. vitalit['e].] The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an enterprise. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vitality n 1: an energetic style [syn: {verve}] 2: a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor" [syn: {energy}, {vim}] 3: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought to cause the evolution and development of organisms [syn: {vital force}] 4: the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed" [syn: {animation}]
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