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fervent definition

fer·vent (fʉr′vənt)

adjective

  1. hot; burning; glowing
  2. having or showing great warmth of feeling; intensely devoted or earnest; ardent

Etymology: ME + OFr & < L fervens (gen. ferventis), prp. of fervere, to glow, boil, rage < IE *bhreu-, to boil up < base *bher-, to boil > brew, burn

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