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"Section F, G and H"

] 1. Hot; glowing; boiling;
burning; as, a fervent summer.


The elements shall melt with fervent
heat.
2 Pet. iii. 10.


2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament;
earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.


Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit.
Rom. iii. 11.


So spake the fervent angel.

Milton.


A fervent desire to promote the happiness of
mankind.
Macaulay.


-- Fer"vent*ly, adv. --
Fer"vent*ness, n.


Laboring fervently for you in
prayers.
Col. iv. 12.


Fer*ves"cent (?), a. [L.
fervescens, p. pr. of fervescere to become boiling hot,
incho., fr. fervere. See Fervent.] Growing
hot.


Fer"vid (?), a. [L. fervidus,
fr. fervere. See Fervent.] 1. Very
hot; burning; boiling.


The mounted sun

Shot down direct his fervid rays.


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