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Meanings of fervor in English

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fervor
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fervor

Feelings of great warmth and intensity.

      fervor
      Portuguese
      excitação
      Spanish
      excitación

      The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.

            excitação
            Usage of fervor in English
            1
            In the former case simplicity is shown, in the latter fervor .
            Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
            2
            The piety of such men confirmed in Lanier a natural religious fervor.
            Sidney Lanier
            3
            The spirit of patriotism is universal and is ever increasing in fervor.
            State of the Union Addresses
            4
            There was a fervor in it which in our times is unknown.
            Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
            5
            The outburst of religious fervor spent itself in two or three years.
            The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
            6
            Mrs. Wagner was strongly impressed by the simple fervor of this declaration.
            Jezebel's Daughter
            7
            But her coolness served not in the least to chill his fervor.
            Heart of the Sunset
            8
            She returned them with equal fervor-theeyelids closed as in a dream.
            Venus in Furs
            9
            That is sure to drive the mob into an even greater fervor.
            Mentats of Dune
            10
            He wants to keep the client happy without losing his own fervor.
            The new yorker
            11
            With all the fervor of my heart I prayed silently to God:
            Autobiography of a Yogi
            12
            He was surprised by the fervor with which the girl answered him.
            The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
            13
            And his eloquence and fervor seemed to stamp the words with sincerity.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 / A Mag...
            14
            The fervor of the appeal touched her, for she listened with interest.
            The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
            15
            I fear I shall never have the opportunity. Will spoke with fervor.
            Middlemarch
            16
            Likely they would have restarted the Immortis project with twice the fervor.
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