Definition of earnest

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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..

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Devoutly :: Devoutly (adv.) Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile..
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Serious; important.
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to entreat or supplicate for; to beseech.
Imploration :: Imploration (n.) The act of imploring; earnest supplication.
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..
Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.
Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Real; earnest; downright.
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent..
Serious :: Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Handsel :: Handsel (n.) A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing.
Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..
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..
Warm :: Warm (a.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
Preacher :: Preacher (n.) One who inculcates anything with earnestness.
Pray :: Pray (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving..
Conjuration :: Conjuration (n.) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration..
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