Meaning of INVIGORATE
| Pronunciation: | | in'vigu`reyt
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- [v] impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"
- [v] make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
- [v] give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
- [v] heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
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| | Synonyms: | | animate, animate, enliven, enliven, exalt, inspire, liven, liven up, quicken, reinvigorate |
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| | Antonyms: | | blunt, deaden | | |
| | See Also: | | arouse, arouse, brace, brace, encourage, energise, energise, energize, energize, excite, excite, ginger up, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, pep up, perk up, perk up, shake, shake up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, stimulate, stimulate, stir | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*vig"or*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invigorated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Invigorating}.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.]
To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and
energy to.
Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless
fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity.
--Atterbury.
Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.
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| | Related Terms: | | activate, animate, arouse, beef up, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, buttress, case harden, cheer, chirk up, confirm, dynamize, electrify, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fillip, fire, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, galvanize, gird, give a lift, gladden, harden, hearten, inflame, infuse life into, inspire, inspirit, interesting, jazz up, kindle, liven, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, prop, provoke, quicken, rally, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rejuvenate, renew, restore, restrengthen, resuscitate, revive, revivify, rouse, set up, sharpen, shore up, snap up, steel, stiffen, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, sustain, temper, toughen, undergird, vitalize, vivify, warm, whet, zip up |
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