Vital

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Containing life; living.

II. Vital ·noun A vital part; one of the vitals.

III. Vital ·adj Very necessary; highly important; essential.

IV. Vital ·adj Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.

V. Vital ·adj Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends; mortal.

VI. Vital ·adj Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life; as, vital blood.

VII. Vital ·adj Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

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