Definition of earnest

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Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.

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Religionist :: Religionist (n.) One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.
Adjuration :: Adjuration (n.) The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal..
Reflect :: Reflect (v. i.) To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules..
Imprest :: Imprest (v. t.) A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment..
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune..
Roundly :: Roundly (adv.) Completely; vigorously; in earnest.
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..
Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
Instant :: Instant (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
Overearnest :: Overearnest (a.) Too earnest.
Clamant :: Clamant (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To prepare for action; to apply with vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively.
Gloat :: Gloat (v. i.) To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice..
Anxious :: Anxious (a.) Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please..
Expostulate :: Expostulate (v. i.) To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with..
Beseechment :: Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.
Preach :: Preach (v. t.) To inculcate in public discourse; to urge with earnestness by public teaching.
Remiss :: Remiss (a.) Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow..
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