Emily Dickinson Lexicon

vitality, n. [L. vītālitās, vital force, life; see vital, adj.] (webplay: give, human, live, live, move, nerve, part, powers, process, soul, spirits, workmanship).

1. Living being; animate creature.
2. Animation; life force; existence as a sentient mortal being; breath, pulse, heartbeat, and brain wave.
3. Movement; motivation; lively motion; ability to act.
4. Feeling; emotion; sensibility; overactive mental and physical functions.
5. Mortality; earthly life; human existence.
6. Eternity; immortality; everlasting life; ability to recover from decay.
7. Vividness; vigor; liveliness; life force; intense energy; [fig.] spirit; inspiration; illumination.