What is the meaning of fervent?

adjective

  • Characterized by intense emotion.
    • usage: "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
  • Extremely hot."the fervent heat... Merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out... When the fervid heat subsides- Frances Trollope
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