Found 1 items, similar to ferventness.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ferventness 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. [1913 Webster] The elements shall melt with fervent heat. --2 Pet. iii. 10. [1913 Webster] 2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. [1913 Webster] Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom. iii. 11. [1913 Webster] So spake the fervent angel. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. --Macaulay. -- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12. [1913 Webster]