Meaning of FERVENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'furvunt
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- [adj] 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
- [adj] characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
- [adj] sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope"
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| | Synonyms: | | ardent, burning(a), cordial, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, sincere, torrid |
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| | Definition: | | \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"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv.
12.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, ablaze, afire, animated, ardent, assiduous, blazing, boiling, boiling over, breathless, burning, burning with excitement, captivated, committed, cordial, dedicated, delirious, devoted, devout, diligent, drunk, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, emphatic, energetic, enraptured, enthusiastic, excited, exciting, exuberant, faithful, fanatical, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, frantic, frenzied, glowing, hard, hardworking, heartfelt, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, in earnest, in rut, indefatigable, industrious, inflamed, intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, laborious, lively, loyal, never idle, on fire, passionate, perfervid, pious, provoking, rapt, rapturous, red-hot, relentless, religious, resolute, responsive, sedulous, seething, serious, sexually excited, sincere, sleepless, spirited, steaming, steamy, stimulating, stirring, strenuous, tender, tireless, transported, unfeigned, unflagging, unremitting, unrestrained, unsleeping, unsparing, unwearied, urgent, vehement, vigorous, warm, warmhearted, white-hot, wholehearted, zealous |
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