Vitality

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The capacity to live, grow, or develop.
  • noun. The characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things.
  • noun. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy or liveliness. synonym: vigor.
  • noun. The capacity to endure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. I. The exhibiting of vital powers or capacities; the principle of animation or of life; vital force. See life.
  • noun. Manifestation of a capacity for enduring and performing certain functions: as, an institution devoid of vitality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The capacity to live and develop
  • noun. Energy or vigour
  • noun. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an energetic style
  • noun. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
  • noun. a healthy capacity for vigorous activity
  • noun. the property of being able to survive and grow
  • Word Usage
    "And finally, both Lord Robertson and Secretary of State Powell pointed to what they called the vitality and the relevance of NATO, and said any damage done to the reputation of NATO over the last couple weeks can quite, in their words, be easily overcome."
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