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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Demand :: Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry; question; query.
Fell :: Fell (a.) Eager; earnest; intent.
Crave :: Crave (v. t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
Stare :: Stare (v. t.) To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
Strife :: Strife (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..
Expostulation :: Expostulation (n.) The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
Engagedness :: Engagedness (n.) The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
Tory :: Tory (n.) A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority..
Earles Penny :: Earles penny () Earnest money. Same as Arles penny.
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..
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Real; earnest; downright.
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..
Gaze :: Gaze (v. i.) To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention..
Beseechment :: Beseechment (n.) The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly.
Good :: Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated..
Devoutly :: Devoutly (adv.) Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.
Live :: Live (a.) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator..
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