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Search phrase: vigour

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.76That since have felt the vigour of his rage.That since haue felt the vigor of his rage.
CymbelineCym I.vi.21To try the vigour of them, and applyTo try the vigour of them, and apply
HamletHam I.v.68And with a sudden vigour it doth possetAnd with a sodaine vigour it doth posset
King Edward IIIE3 I.i.44And, by the fiery vigour of thy words,And by the fiery vigor of thy words,
King JohnKJ III.i.104The grappling vigour and rough frown of warThe grapling vigor, and rough frowne of Warre
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.293And abstinence engenders maladies.And abstinence ingenders maladies. / And where that you haue vow'd to studie (Lords) / In that each of you haue forsworne his Booke. / Can you still dreame and pore, and thereon looke. / For when would you my Lord, or you, or you, / Haue found the ground of studies excellence, / Without the beauty of a womans face; / From womens eyes this doctrine I deriue, / They are the Ground, the Bookes, the Achadems, / From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire. / Why, vniuersall plodding poysons vp / The nimble spirits in the arteries, / As motion and long during action tyres / The sinnowy vigour of the trauailer. / Now for not looking on a womans face, / You haue in that forsworne the vse of eyes: / And studie too, the causer of your vow. / For where is any Author in the world, / Teaches such beauty as a womans eye: / Learning is but an adiunct to our selfe, / And where we are, our Learning likewise is. / Then when our selues we see in Ladies eyes, / With our selues. / Doe we not likewise see our learning there?
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.184With all her double vigour, art and nature,With all her double vigor, Art, and Nature
Richard IIR2 I.iii.71Doth with a twofold vigour lift me upDoth with a two-fold rigor lift mee vp
The TempestTem I.ii.486.1And have no vigour in them.And haue no vigour in them.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.107The vigour and the picture of my youth.The vigour, and the picture of my youth:
Troilus and CressidaTC II.iii.243And give him half; and for thy vigour,And giue him halfe, and for thy vigour,
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.172High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service,High birth, vigor of bone, desert in seruice,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.195Or sentencing for aye their vigour dumb,Or sentencing for ay their vigour dombe,

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Venus and AdonisVen.953 Now Nature cares not for thy mortal vigour, Now nature cares not for thy mortall vigour,

Glossary

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assailapproach with offers of love, woo with vigour, attempt to seduce
bloodspirit, vigour, mettle
breathvigour, spirit, energy
declinedbrought low, in poor fortune; or: fallen away in vigour, in poor condition
forcephysical strength, might, vigour
heartedheartfelt, spirited, full of vigour
lustihoodlustiness, youthful vigour, robustness
mettlespirit, vigour, zest
nervestrength, vigour, forcefulness
pride[of horses] spirit, vigour, mettle
saltvigour, liveliness, spirit
saltness[unclear meaning] maturing power; piquancy; vigour
saplessfeeble, sluggish, lacking vigour
spirit(plural) vital power, energy, vigour
taintlose vigour, become weak, wither
verdoursap, vitality, vigour, freshness
verdure, verdoursap, vitality, vigour, freshness
vigourpower, efficacy, effect

Thesaurus

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full of vigourhearted
vigourblood
vigourbreath
vigourforce
vigourmettle
vigournerve
vigourpride
vigoursalt
vigoursaltness
vigourspirit
vigourverdure, verdour
vigour fallen awaydeclined
vigour, full ofhearted
vigour, lackingsapless
vigour, losetaint
vigour, youthfullustihood
woo with vigourassail
youthful vigourlustihood

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
VIGOURBASICvigour n

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