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Preaching :: Preaching (n.) The act of delivering a religious discourse; the art of sermonizing; also, a sermon; a public religious discourse; serious, earnest advice..

Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..

Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

Earnestful :: Earnestful (a.) Serious.

Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.

Inwardness :: Inwardness (n.) Heartiness; earnestness.

Adjure :: Adjure (v. t.) To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly..

Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..

Expostulation :: Expostulation (n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.

Strepent :: Strenuous (a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country..

Set :: Set (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

Remonstrance :: Remonstrance (n.) Earnest presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.

Warmth :: Warmth (n.) A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth..

Mightily :: Mightily (adv.) In a mighty manner; with might; with great earnestness; vigorously; powerfully.

Implore :: Implore (v. t.) To call upon, or for, in supplication; to beseech; to prey to, or for, earnestly; to petition with urency; to entreat; to beg; -- followed directly by the word expressing the thing sought, or the person from whom it is sought..

Jealousy :: "Jealousy (n.) The quality of being jealous; earnest concern or solicitude; painful apprehension of rivalship in cases nearly affecting one's happiness; painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover..

Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.

Forward :: Forward (a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years..

Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale..

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..

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