invigor

transitive verb

in·​vig·​or

variants or invigour

ə̇nˈvigə(r)

archaic

: invigorate

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by English in- entry 2) of earlier envigor, from en- entry 1 + vigor, noun

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