ZEAL
\zˈiːl], \zˈiːl], \z_ˈiː_l]\
Definitions of ZEAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
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excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"
By Princeton University
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a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"
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excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he had an absolute zeal for litigation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Boiling or passionate ardor for anything: enthusiasm.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Passionate ardour in the pursuit of any thing; sustained eagerness of desire to accomplish or obtain some object, whether in a good or a bad cause.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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