| vigil |
verb i. |
Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch., Hence, devotional watching; waking for prayer, or other religious exercises., Originally, the watch kept on the night before a feast., Later, the day and the night preceding a feast., A religious service performed in the evening preceding a feast. |
| vigor |
noun |
Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy., Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor., Strength; efficacy; potency., To invigorate. |