VITAL
\vˈa͡ɪtə͡l], \vˈaɪtəl], \v_ˈaɪ_t_əl]\
Definitions of VITAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
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performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"
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manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"
By Princeton University
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full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
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performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"
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manifesting or characteristic of life; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
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Containing life; living.
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Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
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Very necessary; highly important; essential.
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Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
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A vital part; one of the vitals.
By Oddity Software
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Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.
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Containing life; living.
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Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.
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Very necessary; highly important; essential.
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Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
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A vital part; one of the vitals.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to, supporting, or necessary to, life; as, air and food are vital necessities; living; full of life; essential; as, things of vital importance.
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Parts of animal bodies necessary to life; as, the pain gnawed at his vitals.
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Vitally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Vitally.
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Belonging or contributing to life: containing or necessary to life: important as life: essential.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
