| 单词 |
invigorate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. invigorate, ppl. a. rare.|ɪnˈvɪgərət|
[f. L. type *invigōrāt-us, pa. pple. of *invigōrāre: see next.]
Filled with vigour; invigorated.
1720Welton Suffer. Son of God II. xxiii. 625 In loving thee, I am Invigorate. 1795Southey Joan of Arc viii. 134 The soldiers from the earth Arise invigorate.
▪ II. invigorate, v.|ɪnˈvɪgəreɪt|
[f. L. type *invigōrāre (perh. in mod.L.) = F. envigorer (15–16th c.): see -ate3 7.]
1. trans. To impart vigour to; to render vigorous; to fill with life and energy; to strengthen, animate.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. ii. 59 This polarity from refrigeration upon extremity and in defect of a Load⁓stone might serve to invigorate and touch a needle any where. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. i. 242 To the end that this Decree might be invigorated, and in force. a1691Sir D. North in North Lives (1826) II. 338 The spring is invigorated by clockwork underneath. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lvi. (1869) III. 358 Their minds and bodies were invigorated by exercise. 1798Washington Lett. Writ. 1893 XIV. 38 To countenance and invigorate opposition. 1884W. S. Lilly in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 262 The Church poured into the nations crushed and degraded by imperialism, a new virility, freeing and invigorating the human faculties.
absol.1847A. Bennie Disc. xi. 193 There is bread to invigorate and wine to revive.
2. intr. To become vigorous. rare.
1759S. Fielding C'tess Dellwyn I. 147 The Body, by being..properly exercised, grows and invigorates.
Hence inˈvigorated ppl. a.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. iii. 76 Needles..doe not attract, but avoyd each other..when their invigorated extreams approach unto one another. 1854H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda II. 53 Every day..receive invigorated energy! |
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