| Rigor (rigor) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| ||Ri"gor |
| [L. See Rigor.,
below.] |
Rigidity; stiffness.
A sense of chilliness, with
contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the
chill preceding a fever.
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| Rigor (rigor) |
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| n. | (?) |
|---|
| Rig"or |
| [OE. rigour, OF.
rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr.
rigere to be stiff. See Rigid.] [Written also
rigour.] |
The becoming stiff or rigid;
the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
See 1st Rigor,
2.
Severity of climate or season; inclemency;
as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of
winter.
Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged
sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness;
cruelty.
Exactness without allowance, deviation, or
indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute
a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; --
opposed to lenity.
Severity of life; austerity; voluntary
submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
Violence; force; fury.
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