vital+principle
111nerve center — Synonyms and related words: bosom, breast, center of activity, center of life, esoteric reality, focal point, focus, ganglion, heart, heart of hearts, hub, inmost heart, inmost soul, inner man, inner nature, inside, polestar, quick, seat, secret… …
112quick — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, able, aboveground, abrupt, acquiescent, acute, adept, adroit, agile, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive, alive and kicking, all agog, amain, amenable, among the living, animate, animated, anxious,… …
113vitals — Synonyms and related words: abdomen, anus, appendix, blind gut, bosom, bowels, brain, breast, cecum, center, center of life, colon, core, deepest recesses, duodenum, endocardium, entrails, esoteric reality, foregut, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart …
114spirit — {{11}}spirit (n.) mid 13c., animating or vital principle in man and animals, from O.Fr. espirit, from L. spiritus soul, courage, vigor, breath, related to spirare to breathe, from PIE * (s)peis to blow (Cf. O.C.S. pisto to play on the flute ).… …
115inform — vb 1 Inform, animate, inspire, fire are comparable when they mean to infuse (a person or thing) with something (as a spirit, a principle, an idea, or a passion) that gives him or it effective power or an urge to action or activity. Sometimes,… …
116mind# — mind n 1 *memory, remembrance, recollection, reminiscence, souvenir 2 Mind, intellect, soul, psyche, brain, intelligence, wit are comparable when they mean the sum total of powers, often felt as a distinct entity, by means of which each… …
117causal agency — noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results • Syn: ↑causal agent, ↑cause • Derivationally related forms: ↑causal (for: ↑cause), ↑cause (for: ↑ …
118causal agent — noun any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results • Syn: ↑cause, ↑causal agency • Derivationally related forms: ↑causal (for: ↑cause), ↑cause (for: ↑ …
119vitalism — n. Biol. the doctrine that life originates in a vital principle distinct from chemical and other physical forces. Derivatives: vitalist n. vitalistic adj. Etymology: F vitalisme or f. VITAL …
120zoism — I. ˈzōˌizəm noun ( s) Etymology: Greek zōē life + English ism : a doctrine that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle : the theory of élan vital II. noun ( …
