vital force
the force that animates and perpetuates living beings and organisms.
- Also called vital principle.
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How to use vital force in a sentence
Perhaps he had waited too long for the simple breakfast; perhaps the recent glory had drained him of vital force.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaWhat worth have forests or mines or any material wealth, gained at the sacrifice of so much vital force?
Is it not manifest, that while the demands upon the vital force have been increased, the supply of material has been decreased?
The Education of American Girls | Anna Callender BrackettWho does not know the man who masters life and becomes a vital force, while his wife remains dull and empty?
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairI took childish pleasure in watching my Indian boyhood go, and vital force mounting every hour.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood
British Dictionary definitions for vital force
(esp in early biological theory) a hypothetical force, independent of physical and chemical forces, regarded as being the causative factor of the evolution and development of living organisms
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