fervent
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fer·vent 
[fur-vuhnt] Pronunciation Key
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[fur-vuhnt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea. |
| 2. | hot; burning; glowing. |
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fer·vent·ly, adverb
fer·vent·ness, noun
—Synonyms 1. fervid, impassioned, passionate.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| fer·vent
(fûr'vənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervēns, fervent-, present participle of fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.] fer'vent·ly adv., fer'vent·ness n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fervent
fervent
1340, from L. fervens (gen. ferventis) "glowing," prp. of fervere "to boil, glow," from PIE base *bhreu- (see brew). The figurative sense of "impassioned" is first attested c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| fervent | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: ardent] |
| 2. | 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 |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n. Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12.
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