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Definitions: Fervent |
FerventAdjective1. Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair". 2. Sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope". 3. Extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fervent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Fervent \Fer"vent\, adjective. [French expression fervent, from Latin expression fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: FerventSynonyms: ardent (adj), burning(a) (adj), cordial (adj), fervid (adj), fiery (adj), impassioned (adj), perfervid (adj), torrid (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Eager, avid, keen; burning, fervent, ardent; agog; all agog; breathless; impatient; (impetuous); bent on, intent on, set on, bent upon, intent upon, set upon; mad after, enrage, rabid, dying for, devoured by desire. |
Feeling | Earnest, wistful, eager, breathless; fervent; fervid; gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming; boiling over. |
Heat | Adjective: hot, warm, mild, genial, tepid, lukewarm, unfrozen; thermal, thermic; calorific; fervent, fervid; ardent; aglow. |
Hope | Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fervent |
| English words defined with "fervent": ardent ♦ burning ♦ cordial ♦ fervid, fiery ♦ impassioned, In hot water ♦ partisan, perfervid ♦ torrid ♦ zealot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fervent": Strike while the Iron is Hot. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fervent": fervency, Fervescent, fervid. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fervent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (addict, ardent, devoted, devotee, devout, enthusiast, fervent, full of zeal, interested, votary, zealous), Romanian (devout, fervent). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You have such a fervent, passionate, evangelical faith in this country -- why in the name of God don't you have any faith in the system of government you're so hell-bent to protect? (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) | |
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James Jeffrey Roche | Comrade-love is as a welding blast of candid flame and ardent temperature: glowing more fervent, it doth bind more fast. |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | That our deliberations on this interesting subject should be uninfluenced by those partisan conflicts that are incident to free institutions is the fervent wish of my heart. |
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| "Fervent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fervent" is used about 185 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 185 | 22,646 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "fervent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Artaxerxes | N/A | Biblical | Fervent to spoil |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "fervent": grow fervent ♦ most fervent. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fervent | 6 |
fervent record | 5 |
fervent prayer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fervent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zjarrtë (ardent, fervid, fiery, flaming, flamy, heated, hot, hot-blooded, inflammatory, passional, passionate, perfervid, sultry, volcanic, vulcanic, warm, warm blooded), i nxehtë (ardent, burning, earnest, fiery, glowing, heated, hot, red-hot, scalding, torrid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محتدم (ardent, glowing), متقد (ablaze, aflame, aglow, blazing, burning, fiery, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flaming, glowing, impassioned, incandescent, passionate, red-hot, strenuous, sultry, torrid, vehement), متوهج (aglow, ardent, blazing, flamboyant, flame, flash, garish, glowing, incandescent, live, lurid, radiant), متحمس (advocate, ardent, ardent supporter, eager, eagerly intent, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fanatic, fanatical, fervid, fiery, hot, hothead, impassioned, keen, passionate, strenuous, warm, zealot, zealous), حماسي (ardent, eager, enthusiast, enthusiastic, warm, zealous), شديد الحرارة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | страстен (amorous, eager, enthusiastic, fierce, gutsy, impassioned, keen, libidinous, lustful, passional, passionate, sulphurous, sultry, vehement, violent), ревностен (ardent, eager, earnest, fanatic, fanatical, intense, jealous, keen, mettled, mettlesome, openmouthed, painstaking, violent, zealous), горещ (aglow, burning, devout, fervid, fiery, flaming, high-spirited, hot, intense, scorching, strong, thermal, torrid), жарък (ardent, sultry, torrid, violent), палещ (burning, scorching, torrid), пламенен (ardent, ebullient, fiery, flaming, flamy, glowing, incandescent, passionate, red blooded, torrid, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 熱切 , 熱 (heat, hot, to heat up, warm up), 慷慨激昂 (Declamatory), 慷慨 (vehement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zanícený (avid, dedicated, enthusiastic, festered, zealous), vroucí (ardent, burning, heartfelt, soulful, tender), vášnivý (ardent, avid, heated, impassioned, inveterate, keen, passional, passionate, red-hot, sultry, torrid, vehement, violent), plamenný (impassioned, rousing), náruživý (ardent, enthusiastic, fanatical, great), horoucí, horký (blazing, hot, scalding, torrid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | harras (ardent, devoted, devout, warm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fervent, ardent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | heiß (alive, ardent, ardently, burning, fervently, fierce, heated, highly radioactive, horny, hot, hotly, impassioned, passionate, Randy, thermal, thermionic, torrid), glühend (aglow, ardent, blazing, blistering, broiling, burning, consuming, fiery, flaming, flushed, gloweringly, glowing, incandescent, live, red-hot, torrid, torridly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θερμόσ (cordial, heated, hot, thermal, thermos, warm), διακαήσ (ardent, eager). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"וט (avid, eager, excited, keen, keyed up, solicitous), ק"חת י (ardent, febrile, feverish, hectic, passionate), עז (cordial, fierce, goat, intense, mighty, powerful, strong, tearing), חם (father in law, hot, warm), ל"ב (animated, ardent, devotee, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, fiery, impassioned, keen, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | heves (acute, boisterous, explosive, fervid, fulmination, heady, heated, hot, hot-tempered, impetuous, intense, keen, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, poignant, rampageous, sanguine, short tempered, snoring, to run the gauntlet of adverse criticism, vehement, warm), buzgó (devout, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervid, forward, keen, sedulous, strenuous, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mesra (hearty), menggelora (see: bergelora), berapi (be on fire, fiery, have fire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fervido (ardent, fervid), fervente (ardent, devout, fervid), caldo (ardent, heat, highly radioactive, hot, hot weather, strong, thermal, warm, warming, warmth), ardente (ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, ardent, burning, eager, earnest, fierce, fiery, hot, live, passionate, weather helm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 激烈 (furious, vehement, violent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れつれつ (extremely cold, fierce, violent), 'きれつ (fierceness, furious, intenseness, severity, vehement, violence, violent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 뜨거운 (hot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeean (ardent, businesslike, diligent, eager, earnest, intense, intensive, keen, sudden, vehement, zealous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | ivrig (eager, keen, zealous), glødende (lurid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erventfay fervente (boiling), vivacidade (abandon, animation, bounce, brightness, color, colour, flotation, ginger, hasty, life, liveliness, mettle, nimbus, quickness, quicksilver, raciness, readiness, snap, verve, vivacity, warmth), ardente (ablaze, afire, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, burning, eager, feelingly, fervor, fierceness, fiery, flaming, het up, hot, hot-blooded, Hotspur, incantation, intense, keen, longing, passionate, scorching, torrid, tropic, tropical, vehement, volcanic, warm). (various references) fierbinte (ardent, boiling, burning, consuming, devout, ebullient, fiery, hot, intense, scorching, torrid), fervent (devout), zelos (ardent, devout, eager, earnest, gumptious, impassioned, intensely, zealous), pãtimaş (ardent, ardently, fervently, fiery, inveterate, lustily, passionate, passionately), aprins (ablaze, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, bright, brilliant, burning, eager, fiery, glowing, hasty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hothead, kindled, live, living, lurid, mercurial, passionate, peppery, perfervid, sharp, sudden, vehement, violent, vivid). (various references) горячий (ardent, boiling hot, burning, earnest, fervid, fiery, full of beans, glowing, heady, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hot-headed, mettled, red-hot, vehement, warm blooded). (various references) strastan (passionate), žarki (ardent, bright, fervid, hot, torrid, tropic, zealous). (various references) ferviente. (various references) brinnande (alight, ardent, burning, fervid, in, on fire, passionate, perfervid). (various references) sıcak (friendly, hot, quick, thermal, warm), kızgın (angry, angry with, annoyed, ardent, baking, black, boiling, cross, dyspeptic, fierce, fiery, flaming, frowning, furious, glowing, hot, hot-blooded, huffy, in a glow, in a pet, in a tiff, incensed, indignant, indignantly, inflamed, irate, ireful, mad, pissed off, red-hot, snappish, sore, vexed, wild, wroth), hararetli (aboil, aglow, burning, dithyrambic, excited, fevered, glowing, heated, in a glow, perfervid, roaring, sulphurous, sultry, vehement, warm), gayretli (arduous, as keen as mustard, assiduous, diligent, eager, full of pep, full of vim, hardworking, industrious, persevering, sedulous, strenuous, studious, vigorous, zealous), coşkun (ardent, boiling over, ebullient, effervescent, elated, exalted, exuberant, frenzied, impetuous, overflowing, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, sharp), ateşli (aglow, ardent, armed, burning, eager, enthusiastic, febrile, fevered, feverish, fierce, fiery, flamboyant, flaming, gut, hectic, het up, hot, impassioned, in a glow, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, perfervid, racy, red-hot, skittish, sulphurous, sultry, torrid, vehement, zealous). (various references) гарячий (ardent, broiling, earnest, hot, hot tempered, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, mettled, mettlesome, ornery, scalding, torrid, warm), завзятий (audacious, daring, mettled, mettlesome, pertinacious, proud, stubborn, unsparing), жаркий (ardent, broiling, flaming, tropical, warm), палкий (ardent, darling, eager, earnest, ebullient, fiery, high-spirited, hot-blooded, perfervid, rousing, warm, warm blooded, zealous). (various references) tha thiết; sôi sục (fervid), nhiệt th nh (fervid, hot-blooded), nóng bỏng n"ng nhiệt (fervid), nóng (hot, short-tempered, simoom, simoon, thermal). (various references) tanbaid (brilliant, fiery, hot), hwyliog (eloquent), gwresog (ardent, hot, warm), brwd (boil, heat, hot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fervens, fervente, ferventes, ferventis, fervidus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Th spoudh mh oknhroi tw pneumati zeonteV tw kairw douleuonteV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sollicitudine non pigri spiritu ferventes Domino servientes |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Næfre sie orfeorme on ellenwodnesse, ac beheald eower gastlicne wylm, þætte ge ðegnen Drihtne. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Not slow in bisynesse, feruent in spirit, seruynge to the Lord, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Let not yt busynes which ye have in honde be tedious to you. Be fervet in ye sprete. Applye youre selves to ye tyme. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Romans Chapter 12, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw kamo pagpakulang sa kasibut, hinonoa magmainiton kamo diha sa Espiritu. Alagara ninyo ang Ginoo. |
| Chinese | 殷 勤 不 可 懶 惰 . 要 心 裡 火 熱 . 常 常 服 事 主 。 |
| Croatian | U revnosti budite hitri, u duhu gorljivi, Gospodinu služite! |
| Danish | Værer ikke lunkne i eders Iver; værer brændende i Ånden; tjener Herren; |
| Dutch | Zijt niet traag in het benaarstigen. Zijt vurig van geest. Dient den Heere. |
| Finnish | Älkää harrastuksessanne olko veltot; olkaa hengessä palavat; palvelkaa Herraa. |
| French | Ayez du zèle, et non de la paresse. Soyez fervents d`esprit. Servez le Seigneur. |
| German | Seid nicht träge in dem, was ihr tun sollt. Seid brünstig im Geiste. Schicket euch in die Zeit. |
| Haitian Creole | Travay di, pa fè parese. Mete aktivite nan sèvis n'ap rann Mèt la. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bekerjalah dengan rajin. Jangan malas. Bekerjalah untuk Tuhan dengan semangat dari Roh Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka di dalam usaha jangan lengai; hendaklah bersungguh-sungguh di dalam roh, beribadat kepada Tuhan, |
| Italian | Non siate pigri nello zelo; siate invece ferventi nello spirito, servite il Signore. |
| Latvian | Neesiet kûtri centîbâ, esiet dedzîgi garâ, kalpojiet Kungam! |
| Maori | Kia uaua, kaua e mangere; kia toko tonu ake te wairua; me te mahi ano ki te Ariki; |
| Norwegian | Vær ikke lunkne i eders iver; vær brennende i ånden; tjen Herren! |
| Portuguese | não sejais vagarosos no cuidado; sede fervorosos no espírito, servindo ao Senhor; |
| Rumanian | Kn skrguinyq, fiyi fqrq preget. Fiyi plini de rkvnq cu duhul. Slujiyi Domnului. |
| Russian | Ч ХУЕТ"ЙЙ ОЕ ПУМБ'ЕЧБКФЕ; "ХИПН МБНЕОЕКФЕ; зПУ П"Х УМХЦЙФЕ; |
| Shuar | Nakittsuk kakaram ajasrum Ashí Enentáimjai ii Uuntri wakera nu Túratarum. |
| Spanish | no siendo perezosos en lo que requiere diligencia; siendo ardientes en espíritu, sirviendo al Señor; |
| Swahili | Msilegee katika bidii, muwe wachangamfu rohoni katika kumtumikia Bwana. |
| Swedish | Varen icke tröga, där det gäller nit; varen brinnande i anden, tjänen Herren. |
| Uma | Baka' mobago hi Pue', neo' lose. Neo' tapelele' apu-ta mate, kakamu bago Pue' hante nono mpu'u. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fervent": fervently. (additional references) | |
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"Fervent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feren, ferent, fervant, fervon, fervrent, ferzent, fevent, forcent, furent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fervent" (pronounced fer"vunt) |
| 5 | -er" v u n t | observant, servant. |
| 4 | -v u n t | convent, insolvent, irrelevant, relevant, solvent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-n-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: venter. | |
-2 letters: enter, event, evert, fever, nerve, never, rente, revet, terne, treen. | |
-3 letters: erne, even, ever, feet, fere, fern, fete, free, fret, neve, reef, reft, rent, rete, teen, tern, tree, tref, veer, vent, vert. | |
-4 letters: eft, ere, ern, eve, fee, fen, fer, fet, nee, net, ree, ref, ret, rev, tee, ten, vee, vet. | |
-5 letters: ef. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-n-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: fervently. | |
+3 letters: interfluve. | |
+4 letters: furtiveness, interfluves, overinflate. | |
+5 letters: effervescent, fermentative, overidentify, overinflated, overinflates, unreflective. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 72 76 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. . .-. ...- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110010 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e r v e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0072 0076 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40718488718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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