a. [ See Amphigory. ] Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perh. fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_; a circle. ] A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [ Written also amphigouri. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. demi- gorge. ] (Fort.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enervate; to weaken. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invigorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ L. frigorificus; frigus, frigoris, cold + facere to make: cf. F. frigorifique. ] Causing cold; producing or generating cold. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invigorate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Invigorated p. pr. & vb. n. Invigorating. ] [ Pref. in- in + vigor. ] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. Atterbury.

Syn. -- To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The person who binds himself, or gives his bond to another. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too rigorous; harsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Périgord, a former province of France. ] A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invigorate anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. revigoratus, p. p. of revigorare; L. re- + vigor vigor. ] Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give new vigor to. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Rigor., below. ] 1. Rigidity; stiffness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖
Rigor caloris ety>[ L., rigor of heat ] (Physiol.), a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50° C. -- ‖
Rigor mortis ety>[ L. , rigor of death ], death stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See Rigid. ] [ Written also rigour. ] 1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest his look
Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) See 1st Rigor, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty. [ 1913 Webster ]

All his rigor is turned to grief and pity. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I shall be condemn'd
Upon surmises, . . . I tell you
'T is rigor and not law. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince lived in this convent with all the rigor and austerity of a capuchin. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Violence; force; fury. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose raging rigor neither steel nor brass could stay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity; austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rigorisme. ] 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. rigoriste. ] One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See Rigor. ] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
With rigorous hands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent. [ Obs. ] “Rigorous uproar.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mathematics, Logic) Adhering scrupulously and exactly to accepted principles; hence, logically valid; as, a rigorous proof. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rig"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Rig"or*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See Vegetable, Vigil. ] 1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Strength; efficacy; potency. [ 1913 Webster ]

But in the fruithful earth . . .
His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To invigorate. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vigor strength. ] An explosive containing nitroglycerin. It is used in blasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Vigorous; energetic; with energy; -- a direction to perform a passage with energy and force. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. vigoros, F. vigoureux, LL. vigorosus. ] 1. Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Famed for his valor, young,
At sea successful, vigorous and strong. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beginnings of confederacies have been always vigorous and successful. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Vig"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Vig"or*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]