zeal
(zel), n. [F. zèle; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. , probably akin to to boil. Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]
1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ´Ambition varnished o’er with zeal.´ Milton. ´Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.´ Dryden. ´Zeal’s never-dying fire.´ Keble. “I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” Rom. x. 2. “A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.” Johnson.
2. A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. ´Ambition varnished o’er with zeal.´ Milton. ´Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.´ Dryden. ´Zeal’s never-dying fire.´ Keble. “I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.” Rom. x. 2. “A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.” Johnson.
2. A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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