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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fer·vent       [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.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L fervent- (s. of fervéns) prp. of fervére to boil; see -ent]

fer·vent·ly, adverb
fer·vent·ness, noun

1. fervid, impassioned, passionate.
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fer·vent       (fûr'vənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.
  2. Extremely hot; glowing.


[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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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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 

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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