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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Invigorate \In*vig"or*ate\ ([i^]n*v[i^]g"[~e]r*[=a]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Invigorated} ([i^]n*v[i^]g"[~e]r*[=a]'t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Invigorating}.] [Pref. in- in + vigor.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
invigorating
adjective: imparting strength and vitality; "the invigorating mountain air" [ant: {debilitating}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "invigorating": activating, analeptic, animating, animative, beneficial, benign, bracing, brisk, cheerful, cheering, cheery, chill, chilly, constitutional, cool, coolish, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, encouraging, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, exhilarative, fresh, glad, gladdening, good, good for, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, heart-warming, heartening, hygeian, hygienic, inspiring, inspiriting, invigorative, joyful, quickening, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, rejuvenating, restorative, reviving, roborant, rousing, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, stimulating, stimulative, strengthening, temperate, tonic, viable, vitalizing, vivifying, wholesome, zestful, zesty
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