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Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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..

Invoke :: Invoke (v. t.) To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing..

Earnest :: Earnest (a.) Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention..

Evangelical :: Evangelical (a.) Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of Justification by Faith alone; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox..

Intense :: Intense (a.) Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought..

Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly.

Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

Levity :: Levity (n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.

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

Strepent :: Strenuous (a.) Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country..

Instant :: Instant (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come..

Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.

Ernest :: Ernest (n.) See Earnest.

Anxious :: Anxious (a.) Earnestly desirous; as, anxious to please..

Earnestly :: Earnestly (adv.) In an earnest manner.

Heartedness :: Heartedness (n.) Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.

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