INVIGORATE

invigorate, reinvigorate

(verb) impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; “Exercise is invigorating”

enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate

(verb) make lively; “let’s liven up this room a bit”

quicken, invigorate

(verb) give life or energy to; “The cold water invigorated him”

inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt

(verb) heighten or intensify; “These paintings exalt the imagination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

invigorate (third-person singular simple present invigorates, present participle invigorating, simple past and past participle invigorated)

(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.

(transitive) To heighten or intensify.

(transitive) To give life or energy to.

(transitive) To make lively.

Synonyms

• (to impart vigor, strength, or vitality): See also strengthen

Anagrams

• ignorative

Source: Wiktionary


In*vig"or*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invigorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Invigorating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + vigor.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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