Ferventness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fervent \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.
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              The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet.


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     2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of
        fervor; zealous; glowing.
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              Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom.
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              So spake the fervent angel.           --Milton.
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              A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
              mankind.                              --Macaulay.
        -- {Fer"vent*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vent*ness}, n.
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              Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv.
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