invigorate
/ɪnˈvɪɡəɹeɪt/ · verb
Meaning
- To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.
- To heighten or intensify.
- To give life or energy to.
- To make lively.
- Invigorated, filled with vigour.
Etymology / origin
First attested in 1646; borrowed from New Latin invigōrātus, perfect passive participle of invigōrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + vigor + -ate.
- invigōrātus(la-new)→
- *weǵ-(ine-pro)→
- invigorate (English)
- Relations: root, bor
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