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English Dictionary: fervent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fervent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fervent adj characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" Synonym(s): ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope Synonym(s): fervent, fervid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fervent \Fer"vent\, a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.] 1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet. iii. 10. 2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom. iii. 11. So spake the fervent angel. --Milton. A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. --Macaulay. -- {Fer"vently}, adv. -- {Fer"ventness}, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12.