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ardent

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1. ardent - Adjective

2. ardent - Adjective Satellite

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Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.

Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

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We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity. Michel de Montaigne

An ardent supporter of the hometown team should go to a game prepared to take offense, no matter what happens. Robert Benchley

There is a strong religious commitment to the sanctity of human life, but, paradoxically, some of the most fervent protectors of microscopic stem cells are the most ardent proponents of the death penalty. Jimmy Carter

It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist & an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God. Charles Darwin

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, but yet real activity. The ardent desire for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence. Wilhelm von Humboldt

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