Zeal \Zeal\, v. i.
   To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] --Bacon.
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	Zeal \Zeal\ (z[=e]l), n. [F. z[`e]le; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp.
   zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. ?, probably akin to ? to boil.
   Cf. Yeast, Jealous.]
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   1. Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in
      favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest;
      engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor. "Ambition varnished o'er
      with zeal." --Milton. "Zeal, the blind conductor of the
      will." --Dryden. "Zeal's never-dying fire." --Keble.
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            I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but
            not according to knowledge.           --Rom. x. 2.
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            A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to
            subvert with little care what shall be established.
                                                  --Johnson.
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   2. A zealot. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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	zeal
     n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person
          or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary
          ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor,
           ardour, elan]
     2: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he
        had an absolute zeal for litigation"

	

	180 Moby Thesaurus words for "zeal":
   abandon, acquiescence, agitation, agreeability, agreeableness,
   alacrity, all-overs, amenability, angst, anxiety, anxiety hysteria,
   anxiety neurosis, anxious bench, anxious concern, anxious seat,
   anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, ardency, ardor,
   avidity, bibliolatry, bluster, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony,
   calenture, cankerworm of care, care, chaos, charismatic gift,
   charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, cheerful consent,
   commitment, committedness, commotion, compliance, concern,
   concernment, consent, cooperativeness, dedication, devotedness,
   devotion, devoutness, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance,
   docility, dread, eagerness, earnestness, ebullition, ecstasy,
   embroilment, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, faith, faithfulness,
   fanaticism, favorable disposition, favorableness, fear, ferment,
   fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fierceness, fire, flap,
   fomentation, foofaraw, foreboding, forebodingness, forwardness,
   frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gameness, gift of tongues,
   glossolalia, goodwill, gusto, heart, heartiness, heat, heatedness,
   hubbub, hurrah, impassionedness, inquietude, intensity, intentness,
   keenness, liveliness, loyalty, malaise, misgiving, nervous strain,
   nervous tension, nervousness, overanxiety, overdevoutness,
   overpiousness, overreligiousness, overrighteousness,
   overzealousness, pandemonium, passion, passionateness,
   pentecostalism, perturbation, pins and needles, pliability,
   pliancy, promptness, pucker, racket, rage, readiness,
   receptive mood, receptiveness, receptivity, relish, resolution,
   responsiveness, revival, revivalism, right mood, row, ruckus,
   rumpus, sanctimony, savor, seriousness, sincerity, solicitude,
   soul, spirit, stew, storminess, strain, suspense, tempestuousness,
   tension, tractability, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence,
   turmoil, uneasiness, ungrudgingness, unloathness, unquietness,
   unreluctance, uproar, upset, urgency, vehemence, verve, vexation,
   warmth, warmth of feeling, wildness, willing ear, willing heart,
   willingness, zealotism, zealotry, zealousness, zest

	

	Zeal
   an earnest temper; may be enlightened (Num. 25:11-13; 2 Cor.
   7:11; 9:2), or ignorant and misdirected (Rom. 10:2; Phil. 3:6).
   As a Christian grace, it must be grounded on right principles
   and directed to right ends (Gal. 4:18). It is sometimes ascribed
   to God (2 Kings 19:31; Isa. 9:7; 37:32; Ezek. 5:13).

	

	ZEAL, n.  A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and
inexperienced.  A passion that goeth before a sprawl.

    When Zeal sought Gratitude for his reward
    He went away exclaiming:  "O my Lord!"
    "What do you want?" the Lord asked, bending down.
    "An ointment for my cracked and bleeding crown."
                                                            Jum Coople

	

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