fervent
AdjectiveUS[fur-vuhnt]/ˈfɝvənt/2 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- 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”Synonyms: ardentfervidfieryimpassionedperfervidtorridOpposite passionlessSimilar passionate
- (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing“the fervent heat … merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems — Nathaniel Hawthorne”“set out … when the fervid heat subsides — Frances Trollope”Synonyms: fervidOpposite coldSimilar hot
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fer′vent adjective
Origin: 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.— John Milton
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
— Fer′wb-a1′>′vent·ly, adverb — Fer′wb-a1′>′vent·ness, noun
Laboring fervently for you in prayers.— Col. iv. 12.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54