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.
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The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet.
iii. 10.
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2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of
fervor; zealous; glowing.
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom.
iii. 11.
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So spake the fervent angel. --Milton.
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A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
mankind. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fervent
adj 1: 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" [syn:
ardent, burning(a), fervid, fiery, impassioned,
perfervid, torrid]
2: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his
visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a
fervent hope" [syn: cordial]
3: 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 [syn: fervid]
WordNet (r) 2.0
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "fervent":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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