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vital force definition

vital force

  1. a basic force or principle regarded as the source and cause of life in living organisms
  2. élan vital
Also called vital principle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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