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VIGOTTR. 200 VILD.
quality of living things; active force or power;
activity or energy of body or constitution.
a. In persons, animals, or their limbs.
13.. E,E. A/it't. P. A. 971 Inw>th not a fote, To strech
in pe strete ^ou has no vygour, Bot ^ou wer clene withouten
mote c 1386 Chaucer Afan 0/ Laiv's T. 845, I seye
this entente That right as god spirit of vigour sente To hem,
and saued hem out of meschance, So sente he imght and
vigour to Custance. c 1400 Stntniot/e Ba6. 2738 There was
no man durst hem assayle, For drede of here vigour. 1484
Caxton Fahlfs of /E$0^ v. xii, Thenne the dogge toke
strengtbe and vygour ageyne. t$a6Piier. Per/. (W. de \V,
1531) 356 b, Bycause [he] wolde shewe hym selfemore than
man, he wolde, after that all his blode was shed, reserue in
hym v)-gour and vertue of lyfe. 1588 Shaks. /.. /.. L. iv.
11. 30S As motion and long during action tyres The sinnowy
vigour of the trauailer. 1608 \V u.let Hexa/la Exod.
%y^ His naturall strength or vigor was not abated. 1667
Milton P. L. vi. 436 Now we find this our Empyreal forme
..Inperisbable, and though peirc'd with wound, Soon clos*
ing, and by native vigour heal'd. 1680-90 Temple Ess.^
Health ^ i-cmff Life Wks. 1720 I. 278 That the Natives and
Inhabitants of hilly and barren Countries have not only
more Health in general, but also more Vigour than those of
the Plains. 1717 Prior Alma n, 128 Thus He who runs
or dances, begs The equal Vigor of Two Legs. 1775 Harris
Phihs. Arraitgem. (1841) 289 Health and sickness, vigour
and decay, are all to be found . .in each individual of the
human race. 1783 Crabbe Village \\. 132 When Honour
lovM and gave thee every charm, Fire :o thy eye and vigour
to thy arm. i83iTENNVSONffim>«tf 158 So that myvigour,
wedded to thy b'.ood. Shall strike within thy pulses. 1841
Lane Arab. Nts. \. 113 And this is the cause that prevents
the return of vigour to my body. 1888 Goode Amer. Fishes
276 The Muskellunge, Esox nobilior^ is the rival of the Pike
in size and vigor.
trans/. 1501 in Dunhar^s Poems (S.T.S.) Ixxxviii. 19
London, thou art the flour of Cities all;.. Strong Troy in
vigour and in strenuytie.
+ b. Freq. in ME. verse in the adverbial phrase
wUh (. .) vigour. Also in pi. Obs.
13'.. A". Alls. 1431 (Line), Bote wij? coyntise, and wi(>
vigour, He wan of t>at lond |>e honour. 13.. Coer de L,
1936 And ever men bare them up with levours, And slew
them with great vigours, c 1380 Sir Fenunb. 2322 Now
habbe)» t>es frensche lordes stoute conquered J>e stronge
tour, And habbe^ a-slawe & dryuen oute |>e Sar.synz with
vygour.