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fervency|ˈfɜːvənsɪ|
Also 5 farvence, 6–7 fervencie.
[f. as prec.: see -ency.]
1. The state or quality of being fervent; glowing or burning heat, intensity of heat. Now rare.
1598Chapman Iliad vi. 185 Flames of deadly fervency flew from her breath and eyes. 1633P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. i. 2 About his head a rocky canopie..Rebutting Phœbus parching fervencie. 1879G. Meredith Egoist III. x. 214 It is the sole star which..preserves an indomitable fervency.
†b. Of cold: Intensity, severity. Obs.
1615Chapman Odyss. xiv. 693 The fervency Of that sharp night would kill me.
2. fig. ‘Heat of mind’, intensity of feeling or desire, warmth of devotion, zeal, ardour, eagerness; † an instance of the same.
1554Knox Faythf. Admon. D vj b, Peter in a feruencie first left his bote. 1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 6 They continued their new navigation, with greater fervencie. 1672–5T. Comber Comp. Temple (1702) 368 The Motives that ought to excite our Fervency. 1734Watts Relig. Juv. (1789) 216 He drew some practical inferences..with some degree of fervency. 1824Southey Bk. of Ch. (1841) 173 The prayer which was preferred with increased fervency at a martyr's grave. 1865Kingsley Herew. xv, She would never have known the fervency of your love. |