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# vigour

noun (vigour — uncountable)

«vigour» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#m1)
2. Vigour can describe healthy, strong growth of plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and health, exercise gives you vigour. In stories, a character works «with vigour», meaning hard and with energy, as Badger does when he starts to fight. In gardening, a plant grows with vigour when it is healthy.

### Examples

- He scrubbed the floor with great vigour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x1)
- The old man still had the vigour of a young one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x2)
- The team played with new vigour after half-time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x3)
- The roses grew with vigour after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x4)
- She argued with vigour for her idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x5)
- The Rat rowed with vigour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x6)
- Heracles now regained his former vigour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Spelling: vigour (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland), vigor (US). Adjective: vigorous (no u in either spelling). Adverb: vigorously.

## In Jewish tradition

It means strength and energy in life. Proverbs warns that a man could waste it on wrongdoing.

**Interpretation.** It is read as a warning not to give your best years and strength to wrong things.

### Examples

- Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; (Writings PRO.5.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vigour/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable. Spelling: vigour (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland), vigor (US). Adjective: vigorous (no u in either spelling). Adverb: vigorously.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vigour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vigour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vigour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vigour.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vigour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vigour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vigour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vigour.html) on Mova free.