invigorate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INVIG'ORATE, verb transitive 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.
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