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vehemence|ˈviːɪməns, ˈviːhɪməns|
Also 6 -ens.
[a. late OF. vehemence (F. véhémence), or ad. L. vehementia: see next.
‘In this and the related words the only pron. recognized by dictionaries, with the exception of the most recent, is that with |ˈviːh-|; this is now unusual in Britain, but appears to be still the standard pron. in the United States.’—N.E.D.]
1. Intensity or strength of smell or colour. rare.
1535Coverdale 2 Macc. ix. 10 Him might no man now abyde ner beare, for the vehemence of styncke. 1844Hood Haunted Ho. iii. xvii, The Bloody Hand shone strangely out With vehemence of colour!
2. Impetuosity, great force or violence, of physical action or agents.
1542Boorde Dyetary xxxv. (1870) 297 The dust also that ryseth in the strete thorow the vehemens of the wynde. 1667Milton P.L. ii. 954 A universal hubbub wilde Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd..assaults his eare With loudest vehemence. 1756Burke Subl. & B. iv. iii, His eyes are dragged inwards, and rolled with great vehemence. 1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 148 The action, by which a body is deprived of phlogiston by means of pure air, with such vehemence as to generate not only heat but flame. 1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. 49 Owing to the feebler affinities of these elements, the reactions take place with less vehemence.
3. Great or excessive ardour, eagerness, or fervour of personal feeling or action; passionate force, violence, or excitement.
1529More Dyaloge Wks. 265/2 By waye of excesse & yperbole, to declare the vehemence of his mynde in the matter of fayth. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 200 Nay, I pre'thee now, with most petitionary vehemence, tell me who it is. 1651Hobbes Leviath. i. viii. 35 Sometimes the hurt..is caused by the vehemence, or long continuance of the Passion. 1699Burnet 39 Art. i. 27 Passion produces a Vehemence of Action. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. x. 544 Hypocrisy and fraud are often not less mischievous..than impetuosity and vehemence of temper. 1769Junius Lett. xxxv. (1778) 187 You measure their affections by the vehemence of their expressions. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. xii, With all the vehemence that his indignant and excited feelings could bring to bear upon it. 1839F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia (1863) 29 With an almost savage vehemence of gesticulation. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §1. 347 Cromwell..was quick to profit by the vehemence of the Catholic reaction.
b. An instance of this. rare.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. 33 Is it possible that my brother and sister could make their very failings, their vehemences, of such importance to all the family? |