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| vi·tal [ vt'l ] |
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1. crucial: extremely important and necessary, or indispensable to the survival or continuing effectiveness of something
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2. needed for life: required for the continuation of life
  vital body organs
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3. lively: full of animation or vigor
a vital neighborhood
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4. of life: relating to life
vital records of a population
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| [14th century. < Latin vitalis< vita "life"] |
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| vi·tal·ness noun |
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