Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fervent

Fervent , adjective

[French fervent, Latin fervens, -entis. present participle of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]

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