invigourv.
/ɪnˈvɪɡə/ transitive. To inspire with vigour; to invigorate.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
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restOE
comfort1303
ease1330
quickc1350
recurea1382
refresha1382
refetec1384
restorec1384
affilea1393
enforcec1400
freshc1405
revigour?a1425
recomfortc1425
recreatec1425
quicken?c1430
revive1442
cheerc1443
refection?c1450
refect1488
unweary1530
freshen1532
corroborate1541
vige?c1550
erect?1555
recollect?1560
repose1562
respite1565
rouse1574
requicken1576
animate1585
enlive1593
revify1598
inanimate1600
insinew1600
to wind up1602
vigorize1603
inspiritc1610
invigour1611
refocillate1611
revigorate1611
renovate1614
spriten1614
repaira1616
activate1624
vigour1636
enliven1644
invigorate1646
rally1650
reinvigorate1652
renerve1652
to freshen up1654
righta1656
re-enlivena1660
recruita1661
enlighten1667
revivify1675
untire1677
reanimate1694
stimulate1759
rebrace1764
refreshen1780
brisken1799
irrigate1823
tonic1825
to fresh up1835
ginger1844
spell1846
recuperate1849
binge1854
tone1859
innerve1880
fiercen1896
to tone up1896
to buck up1909
pep1912
to zip up1927
to perk up1936
to zizz up1944
hep1948
to zing up1948
juice1964
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Vigoráre,..to enuigor or giue vigor..vnto.
1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 30 To comfort, and invigor all those goodly creatures.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cxciii, in Poems (1878) IV. 49 One Active Veine, t' envigour all ye blood.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. x. 573 Then blue-eyed Pallas with fresh force Invigour'd Diomede.
1899 T. S. Moore Vinedresser 7 Press on, and shoulder up thy lagging clouds! Invigour me!
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