Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Vigorous

Vigorous , adjective

[Compare Old French vigoros, French vigoureux, Late Latin vigorosus.]

1.
Possessing vigor; full of physical or mental strength or active force; strong; lusty; robust; as, a vigorous youth; a vigorous plant.
Famed for his valor, young, At sea successful, vigorous and strong. — Waller
2.
Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war.
The beginnings of confederacies have been always vigorous and successful. — Davenant