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vital principle

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Noun1.vital principle - a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
life principle
causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things


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I made all the necessary jokes about the strength of the vital principle in Lady Malkinshaw, and the broken condition of my own constitution; but he solemnly abstained from understanding one of them.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
But throughout creation Nature has confined the vital principle within a narrow space, in order to concentrate its power; and so it is with the body politic.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
In him some vital principle have in strange way found their utmost.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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