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.
Fer*ves"cent (?), a. [L. fervescens, p. pr. of fervescere to become
boiling hot, incho., fr. fervere. See Fervent.] Growing hot.
Fer"vid (?), a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See Fervent.] 1. Very hot;
burning; boiling.
The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays.
Milton.