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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehemence \Ve"he*mence\, n. [L. vehementia: cf F.
v['e]h['e]mence.]
1. The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force;
impetuosity; violence; fury; as the vehemence.
2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as the
vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.
I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper.
--Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vehemence
n 1: intensity or forcefulness of expression: "the vehemence of
his denial" or "his emphasis on civil rights" [syn: {emphasis}]
2: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
violence" [syn: {ferocity}, {fierceness}, {furiousness}, {fury},
{violence}, {wildness}]
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