ZEALS

Proper noun

Zeals

A village in Wiltshire, England, close to the border with both Dorset and Somerset.

Anagrams

• lazes

Noun

zeals

plural of zeal

Anagrams

• lazes

Source: Wiktionary


ZEAL

Zeal, n. Etym: [F. zèle; cf. Pg. & It. zelo, Sp. zelo, celo; from L. zelus, Gr. Yeast, Jealous.]

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. I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Rom. x. 2. A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. Johnson.

2. A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Zeal, v. i.

Definition: To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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