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.
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.