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Webster 1913 Edition

Vitality

Vi-tal′i-ty

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
vitalitas
: cf. F.
vitalité
.]
The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation;
as, the
vitality
of eggs or vegetable seeds; the
vitality
of an enterprise
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vitality

VITAL'ITY

,
Noun.
[from vital.]
1.
Power of subsisting in life; the principle of animation, or of life; as the vitality of vegetable seeds or of eggs.
2.
The act of living; animation.

Definition 2024

vitality

vitality

English

Noun

vitality ‎(plural vitalities)

  1. The capacity to live and develop.
  2. Energy or vigour.
  3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

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Translations

External links

  • vitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • vitality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas ‎(“vital force, life”), from vitalis ‎(“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /vaɪˈtælɪti/, [vaɪˈtælɪɾi]

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