Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-VIG'OR-ATE
IN-VIG'OR-ATE, v.t. [It. invigorire; in and vigor.]
To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Exercise invigorates the body; cheerfulness invigorates the mind. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated and animated by universal charity. Atterbury.
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