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vital

Best crossword clue

"linked to life"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈvaɪtəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ailtvStarts with VEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. manifesting or characteristic of life

Word origin

From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.

Used in a sentence

  • vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
  • But open converse is there none, ⁠So much the vital spirits sink ⁠To see the vacant chair, and think, ‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’
  • The brain is a vital organ.

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