Vitality

Vitality
Vitality Vi*tal"i*ty (?; 277), n. [L. vitalitas: cf. F. vitalit['e].] 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. [1913 Webster]

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