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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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Vignette
VIGNETTE,
VIG’OR, n. [L. from vigeo, to be brisk, to grow, to be strong; allied to vivo, vixi, to live.]
1. Active strength or force of body in animals; physical force.
The vigor of this arm was never vain.
2. Strength of mind; intellectual force; energy. We say, a man possesses vigor of mind or intellect.
3. Strength or force in vegetable motion; as, a plant grows with vigor.
4. Strength; energy; efficacy.
In the fruitful earth his beams, unactive else, their vigor find.
VIG’OR, v.t. To invigorate. [not in use.]
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Vignette," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 9, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2VFZ8M5LY6DLI6.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Vignette." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 9 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2VFZ8M5LY6DLI6.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Vignette' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 9 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D2VFZ8M5LY6DLI6.
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