fervor, fervour, fervoure

[O. Fr. fervor, fervour; Fr. ferveur, from Lat. fervor, from ferveo to boil; Sp. & Port. fervor; Ital. fervore.] *1. Heat, warmth. "The fervor and the force of Indian skies." Cowper: Expostulation, 12. 2. Fervency of mind; ardor, zeal, earnestne ; intensity of feeling. "The pure fervor of eternal love." Beattie: Judgment of Paris. Crabb thus discriminates between fervor and ardor: " Fervor is not so violent a heat as ardor. The affections are properly fervent ; the pa ions are ardent : we are fervent in feeling, and ardent in acting: the fervor of devotion may be rational; but the ardor of zeal is mostly intemperate. The first martyr, Stephen, was filled with a holy fervor ; St. Peter, in the ardor of his zeal, promised his master to do more than he was able to perform." (Crabb: Eng. Synon.)