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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The vitality of good health.
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- noun obsolete, physiology The theorized ‘spirits’ or physiological principles which allowed for sensation and voluntary movement.
- noun obsolete
Liveliness ,vivacity , a happy tendency to action. - noun economics After Keynes (citation 1936, above), the emotional and intuitive factors that drive business decisions whether to make investment gambles.
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