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vitality noun. L16.
[Latin vitalitas, from vitalis VITAL adjective: see -ITY.]
Vital force, power, or principle as present in all living things; the life principle or force. Also, the germinating power of a seed. L16.
S. Sontag TB sufferers..are..deficient in vitality, in life force. A. S. Byatt A witch's wax dolls take on vitality when she warms them into shape.
The ability to endure or to continue to function. M19.
R. Heilbroner We..hope..that future man can rediscover the self-renewing vitality of primitive culture.
Mental or physical vigour; energy, animation, liveliness. M19.
M. Forster She wanted to live in Florence..and not be withdrawn from the vitality..of city life. A. N. Wilson A person of a..bubbly kindness and conversational vitality.
A thing possessing vital force. rare. M19.