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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fer·vent a.
 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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