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.
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