fervent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin fervens, ppr. of fervere (“‘to boil, ferment, glow, rage’”).

[edit] Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
   • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda, ch. 3:

     As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,

     Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:

     But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

[edit] Derived terms

• fervently

[edit] Related terms

• fever
• ferment
• fervid
• fervor

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• fervent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fervent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• fervent at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fɛʁ.vɑ̃/, SAMPA: /fER.vA~/
• Homophones: fervents

[edit] Adjective

fervent m. (f. fervente, m. plural fervents, f. plural ferventes)

1. fervent