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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INVIG'ORATE, v.t. To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to. Exercise invigorates the body; cheerfulness invigorates the mind.
Christian graces and virtues they cannot be, unless fed, invigorated and animated by universal charity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination" [syn: inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt]
2: give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him" [syn: quicken, invigorate]
3: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit" [syn: enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate] [ant: blunt, deaden]
4: impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" [syn: invigorate, reinvigorate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-rated; -rating) Etymology: probably from in- + vigor Date: 1646 to give life and energy to ; animate; also stimulate 1 • invigoratingly adverb • invigoration noun • invigorator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. give vigour or strength to. Derivatives: invigorating adj. invigoratingly adv. invigoration n. invigorative adj. invigorator n. Etymology: IN-(2) + med.L vigorare vigorat- make strong

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Invigorate In*vig"or*ate, 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. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. --Atterbury. Syn: To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(invigorates, invigorating, invigorated) 1. If something invigorates you, it makes you feel more energetic. Take a deep breath in to invigorate you. VERB: V n • invigorated She seemed invigorated, full of life and energy. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. To invigorate a situation or a process means to make it more efficient or more effective. ...the promise that they would invigorate the economy... = stimulate VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Strengthen, fortify, animate, quicken, energize, give vigor to, give life and energy to.

Moby Thesaurus

activate, animate, arouse, beef up, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, buttress, case harden, cheer, chirk up, confirm, dynamize, electrify, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fillip, fire, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, galvanize, gird, give a lift, gladden, harden, hearten, inflame, infuse life into, inspire, inspirit, interesting, jazz up, kindle, liven, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, pique, prop, provoke, quicken, rally, reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinforce, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, rejuvenate, renew, restore, restrengthen, resuscitate, revive, revivify, rouse, set up, sharpen, shore up, snap up, steel, stiffen, stimulate, stir, strengthen, support, sustain, temper, toughen, undergird, vitalize, vivify, warm, whet, zip up