Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vigorous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vigorous \Vig"or*ous\, a. [Cf. OF. vigoros, F. vigoureux, LL.
vigorosus.]
1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or
active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth;
a vigorous plant.
Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful,
vigorous and strong. --Waller.
2. Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful;
strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a
vigorous prosecution of a war.
The beginnings of confederacies have been always
vigorous and successful. --Davenant.
-- {Vig"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Vig"or*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vigorous
adj 1: characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity;
"a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake";
"a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy";
"vigorous opposition to the war"
2: strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old
man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson
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