Fēr'vent, a.

a. [Lat. fervens, from fervere, to be boiling hot, to boil, to glow; Fr. & Pr. fervent, It. & Pg. fervente, Sp. ferviente.]

1. Hot; ardent; glowing; boiling; as, a fervent summer; fervent heat; fervent blood.
2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; excited; vehement; animated; glowing with religious feelings. “So spake the fervent angel.” Milton. “They are fervent to dispute.” Hooker. “Fervent in spirit.” Rom. xii. 11.

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