fervere

fervēre, ~ĕre, ~escere [CL] 1 to be or become very hot. b (of liquid) to boil, seethe (also fig.); c (of vessel; also fig.). d (pr. ppl. as adj.) hot, torrid. cum ‥ fervet torridus aether Aldh. VirgV 217; fervescens ignibus Aetna Ib. 1771; [vallis] unum latus flammis ~entibus ‥ praeferebat Bede HE V 12; sol ‥ / ‥ diem fervente calore perurit Wulf. Swith. I 464; non sit in ede focus, si ferveat estus in illa D. Bec. 2350.  b bullit, scatet, ~et GlC B 216; ~ens, i. ‥ ebulliens GlH F 221; olla velut fervens Stigia fuligine tosta / instabat Frith. 186; nil sentiens calorem ~entis aquae Ælf. Æthelwold 10 (= Wulf. Æthelwold 14); sic estuabat interius ut frigidissimi fontis pedibus aqua supposita ipso momento intolerabili calore ~esceret Ep. ad amicum 19; Johannes ‥ in ~entis olei dolium missus Ad. Dore Pictor 159; vive calci aquam frigidam infunde et ~ebit Siccav. PN 140; cum hostis castrum ‥ anime impungnat, ‥ proiciatis super eum ~entes lacrimas [ME: scaldinde teres] AncrR 90; calix qui in igne liquescit et fortiter ~escit [ME: iwalled] Ib. 107.  c ignibus ardescens necnon et gurgite fervens Aldh. Aen. 49 (Lebes) 3; 796 in angusto pectoris antro caritatis olla ~escit Alcuin Ep. 99; ut aspiceret ‥ fratrem stantem juxta ~ens caldarium Ælf. Æthelwold 10 (= Wulf. Æthelwold 14).  d Aethiopes ‥ sub tertio zonarum ~entissimo et torrido mundi circulo demorantur Lib. Monstr. I 9; c795 dum ~entis cancri igneus sol sidus ascendit Alcuin Ep. 86; segetes ‥ in ~entioribus terris ‥ metuntur Alb. Lond. DG 8. 12; in estate ~enti Peckham Kilw. 139. 2 (w. ref. to ailment) to be inflamed or swollen. dum tumor in tenero succrevit corpore fervens Alcuin SS Ebor 688. 3 (of river or sea) to be turbulent. ~entis oceani flustra ‥ cum proprios egrederentur terminos Aldh. VirgP 29; audito ‥ fragore ‥ ~entis oceani Bede HE V 1; fluvius Osce per vij menses ~ebit (Proph. Merlini) G. Mon. VII 3 p. 390. 4 to be astir, swarm, team. Apulus et Calaber, Siculus, quibusjacula fervunt [vv. ll. fervet, fervent] G. Amiens Hast. 259; fama ‥ erat totum mare ‥ navibus Cassibellauni ~ere G. Mon. IV 5; congressiones militum cominus videres †ferucocere [MS: fervescere] Hist. Meriadoci 356. 5 to be roused, fired; b (w. abstr. subj.); c (w. inf.). d (pr. ppl. as adj.) fervent. scintillante fide dum fervent corda virorum Aldh. VirgV 387; Deus, ‥ respice super hanc famulam. ‥ ~eat in caritate Egb. Pont. 110 (cf. Rit. Durh. 105: gl.:giualla); ferveat illius pectus amore tuum Alcuin Carm. 95. 4; ~ebant in aedificio caelestis Ierusalem Gosc. Edith (I) 59; cum ‥ in studio litterarum ~erem Alex. Cant. Mir. 52 p. 266; quin etiam tanto ardore caro ~esceret quod ‥ Gir. GE II 10.  b fides ~et in populo Bede HE I 20; in eis virtus recenter ~ebat G. Mon. X 9; dum appetitus ~et erga pecctum [ME: hwile þe lust is hat] AncrR 36; fervescat charitas per omnia Mon. Rit. III 369.  c avida cupidine heremum quaerere ~ebat Felix Guthl. 24; juvare / terram promissam fervet amore crucis Garl. Tri. Eccl. 28.  d ut oratione ~enti illi ‥ iter ‥ aperiret Gildas EB 11; ~enti exoratione ad Deum facta Ib. 72; pertinacia ~entis zeli ‥ nullo tempore frigescit Bede Cant. 1212; scripturas fervens industria prisca legendi Alcuin SS Ebor 1480; exponens longos animi ferventis agones Frith. 159; circa venerationem beatae Virginis Mariae ita ~ens erat Osb. V. Dunst. 15; 1239 causam nostram tanto ~entiori favore debetis assumere (Lit. Regis) M. Par. Maj. III 637; 1359 ~entior diligencia (v. departire 1c). 6 to rage. b (pr. ppl. as adj.) raging, passionate. ~ente impiorum persecutione Bede Prov. 1021; ignea sum, fervens turbo praecordia bellis Bonif. Aen. (Iracundia) 372; ~erunt, insanierunt GlH F 218; ultione divina ~ente Lib. Eli. II 11; 1167 bellici ‥ tumultus ‥ ~entes intermeandi facultatem literarum portioribus praecluserunt J. Sal. Ep. 222 (223); Quaest. Salern. N 57 (v. defervere 2b).  b dum ~ens equus quoddam itineris concavum ‥ transiliret, lapsus decidi Bede HE V 6; fluxe ~entisque juvente ‥ laqueis illectus Gir. TH III 52; mulier ‥ accensa ~entiori ardet desiderio Quaest. Salern. B 23; leo ‥ cum sit animal cordis ~entissimi Ib. 74; rinocerus est animal ~entissimum Ib. 173.