| Front | vegete /vuh-JEET/ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective Lively; active; vigorous. [From Latin vegere (to enliven). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weg- (to be strong or lively), which also gave us vigor, velocity, and vegetable. Earliest documented use: 1639.] "I love to be my own master, when my spirits are prompt, when my brain is vegete and apt for thought." Ralph Waldo Emerson's Journal; Jul 10, 1828. |
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