Definitions for: Fervent


[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"



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: ardent, burning(a), cordial, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, sincere, torrid

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