Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.