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Definition of Fervent

1. Adjective. Characterized by intense emotion. "A torrid love affair"

2. Adjective. Extremely hot. "Set out...when the fervid heat subsides"

Definition of Fervent

1. a. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

Definition of Fervent

1. Adjective. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief. ¹

2. Adjective. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion. ¹

3. Adjective. Glowing, burning, very hot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fervent

1. marked by fervor [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fervent

ferulic ferulic acid ferulic acid hydroxylase feruling ferulings feruloyl-4-coumaroyl esterase feruloyl-coenzyme A reductase feruloyl esterase ferumoxide ferumoxtran

feruvite fervanite fervence fervencies fervency fervent (current term) ferventer fervently fervescence fervescent

fervid fervider fervidest fervidities fervidity fervidly fervidness fervidnesses fervor fervorous

Literary usage of Fervent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"CHAPTER XVII Of fervent love and vehement desire of receiving Christ The Voice of the Disciple WITH the deepest devotion and fervent love, ..."

2. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"... I close these fervent lines. " Advance no further than you have gone already; compromise no serious interests; threaten nobody. Do not, I implore you, ..."

3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"To him who previously felt not his wants, they have imparted fervent desires, they have inspired the faint with energy, and the naturally dead, ..."

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