Both Uses of
fervent
in
Arrowsmith
- When Gottlieb outlined his new sort of medical school, Entwisle was fervent.†
Chpt 12 *
- He was so astonished that it sounded fervent.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(fervent) characterized by intense emotion or passionate belief
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, fervent may refer to something that is especially hot or that glows from heat.