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vitality

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vi·tal·i·ty  (v-tl-t)
n. pl. vi·tal·i·ties
1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop: plants that lost their vitality when badly pruned.
2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. See Synonyms at vigor.
3. The characteristic, principle, or force that distinguishes living things from nonliving things.
4. Power to survive: the vitality of an old tradition.

vitality
Noun
physical or mental energy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vitalityvitality - an energetic style                  
vim, muscularity, vigor, vigour, energy - an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style"
sparkle, twinkle, spark, light - merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
2.vitalityvitality - a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
good health, healthiness - the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease
juice - energetic vitality; "her creative juices were flowing"
ch'i, chi, ki, qi - the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
3.vitality - (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
4.vitalityvitality - the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed"
animateness, liveness, aliveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life

vitality
Translations
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ] nenergía, vitalidad f
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ] nvitalité f
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ] vital n (liveliness) → Vitalität f
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ] nvitalità


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But in republics there is more vitality, greater hatred, and more desire for vengeance, which will never permit them to allow the memory of their former liberty to rest; so that the safest way is to destroy them or to reside there.
It made toward death too quickly to suit my youth and vitality.
You seem to have a sort of genius for establishing relations with people--seempathy, I suppose, or animal magnetism, or youthful vitality, or something.
 
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