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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fervently adv : with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book" [syn: {fierily}, {fervidly}]
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