Meanings (ES + gloss)
vital
Relating to or characteristic of life.
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.’
vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
vital
Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
And doen the heavens afford him vitall food?
The brain is a vital organ.
vital
Very important.
David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror…
It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
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