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Princeton's WordNet

  1. energy, vigor, vigour, zipnoun

    forceful exertion

    "he plays tennis with great energy"; "he's full of zip"

  2. vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartinessnoun

    active strength of body or mind

  3. energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vimnoun

    an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

    "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"

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  1. vigor

    Vigor refers to physical strength, good health, or energy; or mental strength, force, or vitality characterized by a robust or energetic attitude or action. It may also refer to the capacity for natural growth and survival, as of plants or animals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vigornoun

    active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy

  2. Vigornoun

    strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor

  3. Vigornoun

    strength; efficacy; potency

  4. Vigorverb

    to invigorate

  5. Etymology: [OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See Vegetable, Vigil.]

Wikidata

  1. Vigor

    Vigor is a clone of vi for UNIX that adds, as a joke, a cruel parody of Clippy, the Microsoft Office assistant. The name is a portmanteau of vi and Igor, Dr. Frankenstein's assistant. Vigor was written by Joel Ray "Piquan" Holveck in Sunnyvale, California, and the logo for Vigor was created by Tom Mulder. Vigor has spawned ports to other text editors as well, including Vim. There is also a Vigor visualization plugin for the audio player XMMS. The idea for Vigor originated in the User Friendly on-line comic strip by J.D. "Illiad": Vigor is currently hosted on SourceForge.net. Released under a BSD license, Vigor is free software.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. VIGOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vigor is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Vigor surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vigor.

    92.2% or 131 total occurrences were White.
    7% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vigor in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vigor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of vigor in a Sentence

  1. Eric Hoffer:

    They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

  2. Hisashi Mizutori:

    What's unique is beauty and youthful vigor. There's a definite youthful energy, japanese gymnastics has always been known for its beauty, and now it's a matter of combining these well.

  3. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Seize today with the vigor of tomorrow's achievements.

  4. Tami Smith:

    When you feel as though you're isolated and alone on your fitness journey, it's often hard to keep at it with the gumption and vigor with which you started, but with a little help from some uplifting friends, whether in real life or online, you'll find yourself feeling a new level of motivation and encouragement.

  5. Josh Blackman:

    The President should be able to make important decisions with vigor, independence, and dispatch, the President should have the greatest latitude to issue pardons, precisely because the President should have the greatest latitude to pursue what he sees as the common good. Limiting the President's power to issue pardons will limit the President's power to promote what Hamilton referred to as 'the tranquility of the commonwealth.'.

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