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To invigorate. [Obs.]

te; to give life and energy to. Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated, and animated by universal charity. Atterbury.

The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.

To invigorate anew.

and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton.

To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." Shak.

Any cordial or substance which invigorates. The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.

To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests. Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. Burke.

One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.

To invigorate. [Obs.]

To give nervous energy or power to; to give increased energy,force,or courage to; to invigorate; to stimulate.

To strengthen, as with sinews; to invigorate. [Obs.] All members of our cause, . . . That are insinewed to this action. Shak.

To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate. The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire and ambition. Pope.

Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.

To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.

to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits. Glanvill.