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| fervent | (เฟอ'เวินทฺ) adj. อบอุ่นมาก, ร้อนรน, เร่าร้อน, มีศรัทธาสูง, อบอุ่น, กระตือรือร้น., See also: fervently adv, ferventness n., Syn. fervid |
| fervent | (adj) ร้อน, กระตือรือร้น, เร่าร้อน, มีศรัทธาแรงกล้า |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fervent \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.
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The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet.
iii. 10.
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2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of
fervor; zealous; glowing.
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Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom.
iii. 11.
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So spake the fervent angel. --Milton.
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A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
mankind. --Macaulay.
-- {Fer"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n.
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Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv.
12.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fervent
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent},
{fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid},
{torrid}]
2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a
genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel
Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances
Trollope [syn: {fervent}, {fervid}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
fervent /fɛʀvɑ̃/
full of zeal; zealous
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