Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid(adj)

   characterized by intense emotion

   "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"

2. fervent, fervid(adj)

   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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fervent(Adjective)

   Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.

2. fervent(Adjective)

   Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.

3. fervent(Adjective)

   Glowing, burning, very hot.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fervent(adj)

   hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer

2. Fervent(adj)

   warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing

Origin: [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fervent

   fėr′vent, adj. ardent: zealous: warm in feeling.—n. Fer′vency, eagerness: warmth of devotion.—adv. Fer′vently.—adjs. Ferves′cent, growing hot; Fer′vid, very hot: having burning desire or emotion: zealous.—n. Fervid′ity.—adv. Fer′vidly.—ns. Fer′vidness; Fer′vour, heat: heat of mind, zeal. [Fr.,—L. fervēre, to boil.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fervent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fervent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Barack Obama:

   It is my fervent hope and the hope of millions that, regardless of party, such courage is still possible.

2. The Rev. Jesse Jackson:

   We need a war on poverty revived. Use it as a platform, people here voted for him with such fervent inspiration.

3. Wolfgang Bock:

   There is a lack of a deeper understanding of the culture in many Middle Eastern countries and this results in Western stakeholders being taken by surprise over the fervent antisemitism there.

4. Robert Menendez:

   Whether it be this, or Cuba, my party doesn’t care for my [foreign policy] views, this is about the fervent belief it’s in the national interest and security of the United States to have more sanctions.

5. Barack Obama:

   It is my fervent hope and the hope of millions ... such courage is still possible, that today's members of Congress regardless of party are willing to look at the facts and speak the truth, even when it contradicts party positions.

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