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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fervent \Fer"vent\, adjective [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.
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}, adverb -- {Fer"vent*ness}, noun
Laboring fervently for you in prayers. --Col. iv. 12.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fervent
adjective
1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid}, {torrid}]
2: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope" [syn: {cordial}]
3: 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 [syn: {fervid}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "fervent": abandoned, ablaze, afire, animated, ardent, assiduous, blazing, boiling, boiling over, breathless, burning, burning with excitement, captivated, committed, cordial, dedicated, delirious, devoted, devout, diligent, drunk, eager, earnest, ecstatic, emotional, emphatic, energetic, enraptured, enthusiastic, excited, exciting, exuberant, faithful, fanatical, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, frantic, frenzied, glowing, hard, hardworking, heartfelt, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, in earnest, in rut, indefatigable, industrious, inflamed, intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, laborious, lively, loyal, never idle, on fire, passionate, perfervid, pious, provoking, rapt, rapturous, red-hot, relentless, religious, resolute, responsive, sedulous, seething, serious, sexually excited, sincere, sleepless, spirited, steaming, steamy, stimulating, stirring, strenuous, tender, tireless, transported, unfeigned, unflagging, unremitting, unrestrained, unsleeping, unsparing, unwearied, urgent, vehement, vigorous, warm, warmhearted, white-hot, wholehearted, zealous
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