157; keenness &c adj.; intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity; go; high
pressure; fire; rush.
acrimony, acritude†; causiticity†, virulence; poignancy; harshness
&c adj.; severity, edge, point; pungency &c 392.
cantharides; seasoning &c (condiment) 393.
activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation;
ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy &c
682; quicksilver.
resolution &c (mental energy) 604; exertion &c (effort) 686;
excitation &c (mental) 824.
V. give energy &c n.; energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert;
sharpen, intensify; inflame &c (render violent) 173; wind up &c
(strengthen) 159.
strike home, into home, hard home; make an impression.
Adj. strong, energetic, forcible, active; intense, deep-dyed, severe,
keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk.
rousing, irritation; poignant; virulent, caustic, corrosive,
mordant, harsh, stringent; double-edged, double-shotted†, double-
distilled; drastic, escharotic†; racy &c (pungent) 392.
potent &c (powerful) 157; radioactive.
Adv. strongly &c adj.; fortiter in re [Lat.]; with telling effect.
Phr. the steam is up; vires acquirit eundo [Lat.]; the race by vigor
not by vaunts is won [Pope].