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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus fr fervere See {Fervent}.] 1. Very hot; burning; boiling. The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton. 2. Ardent; vehement; zealous. The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell. -- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fervid 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)}, {fervent}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid}, {torrid}] 2: 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: {fervent}]
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