Literary notes about Invigorate (AI summary)
The term "invigorate" is employed in literature to signify the act of imbuing life or energy into both tangible and abstract realms. It is used in a literal sense to depict the restoration of physical vitality, as when a tree is treated to destroy fungus and re-establish its strength ([1]) or when physical exercise is said to invigorate the body ([2]). At the same time, the word assumes a metaphorical dimension when describing the renewal of intellectual resolve or civic spirit—invigorating hearts, minds, and institutions, as seen in the enhancement of moral constitution ([3]) or the stimulation of societal energy ([4], [5]). Thus, across diverse contexts, "invigorate" serves as a powerful literary device to bridge the physical renewal of the body with the abstract revitalization of spirit and community ([6], [7]).
- Syringe the trees with a weak solution of nitre, one ounce in a gallon of water, which will destroy the fungus and invigorate the tree.
— from Soil Culture Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature by J. H. Walden - To “invigorate” one’s physical system by exercise, is not to lessen, but to increase one’s energy.
— from Words; Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews - Fourthly, to exalt the moral sense, increase the moral power, and invigorate the moral constitution of all who heartily espouse it.
— from The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus by American Anti-Slavery Society - Only in the smallest groups, such as perhaps was early republican Rome, can the common impulse inform and invigorate the whole society.
— from Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War by W. (Wilfred) Trotter - You have to snatch from ruin a great and glorious Confederation, to preserve the Government, and to renew and invigorate the Constitution.
— from A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden - Monsieur Homais replied; “besides, I must invigorate my mind, for I am getting rusty here.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - One needs a third something, the power to invigorate life through learning.
— from The Teacher: Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
