fervent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
    impassioned; perfervid; torrid; fervid; fiery; ardent.
    • ardent love
    • an ardent lover
    • a fervent desire to change society
    • a fervent admirer
    • fiery oratory
    • an impassioned appeal
    • a torrid love affair
  2. adjective satellite extremely hot
    fervid.
    • the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope

WordNet

Fer"vent adjective
Etymology
F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p.pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913