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Meaning of 'fervent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fervent [ a.]
- Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.
- Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

Meaning of 'fervent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fervent [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characterized by intense emotion
Example in sentence:
  • a fervent admirer;
  • a fervent desire to change society;
  • a torrid love affair;
  • an ardent lover;
  • an impassioned appeal;
  • ardent love;
  • fiery oratory
Meaning (2):
- (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing
Example in sentence:
  • set out...when the fervid heat subsides;
  • the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems

Nearby Words:

fer fer-de-lance feracious feracity ferae ferae naturae feral ferde ferding ferdness

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