FERV'ENT, adjective [Latin fervens, from ferveo, to be hot, to boil, to glow.] 1. Hot; boiling; as a fervent summer; fervent blood. 2. Hot in temper; vehement. They are fervent to dispute. 3. Ardent; very warm; earnest; excited; animated; glowing; as fervent zeal; fervent piety. Fervent in spirit. Romans 12:11.
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