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Webster 1913 Edition
Vehemence
Ve′he-mence
,Noun.
[L.
vehementia
: cf. F. véhémence
.] 1.
The quality or state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury;
as, the
. vehemence
of the wind; to speak with vehemence
2.
Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor;
as, the
. vehemence
of love, anger, or other passionsI . . . tremble at his
vehemence
of temper. Addison.