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vehemency Now rare.|ˈviːɪmənsɪ, ˈviːhɪ-|
Also 6 -entie, 6–7 -encie.
[ad. L. vehementia, f. vehement- vehement a.: see -ency. Cf. prec., and Sp. and Pg. vehemencia, It. veemenza.]
1. = vehemence 3 and 3 b.
1538Tonstall Serm. Palm Sund. (1823) 51 The greatness and vehemency..of his fayth. 1579Fulke Refut. Rastel 735 He..excuseth them, by vehemency of desire. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 247 Would it apply well to the vehemency of your affection that I should win what you would enioy? 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 8 He could not satisfie himselfe in his vehemencie against such a doctrine as this was. 1665Glanvill Def. Van. Dogm. 74 That which excites men to endless brawlings, and altercations; Schisms, Heresies, and Rebellions, by the vehemencies of Dispute. 1671Woodhead St. Teresa ii. ii. 92 The vehemency of the Spirit, if Nature be feeble, draws it inward, and masters it. 1753–4Richardson Grandison xxii. (1781) III. 211 Well do I know the vehemency with which you are wont to pursue a new adventure.
b. esp. Of utterance or expression.
1542–5Brinklow Lament. (1874) 91 God shall rayse other that shall speake..with no lesse loue & vehemency. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 97 Polidore..wryteth very vehemently against him in his History, which vehemency or fonde malice I thought meete..to suppresse. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. i. 148 The best perswasions to the contrary Faile not to vse, and with what vehemencie Th'occasion shall instruct you. 1679M. Prance Narr. Popish Plot 28 Which he pronounced with a great deal of vehemency and earnestness. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 148 [He] exclaimed with some vehemency, Never, never did I behold such beauty. 1830J. Milne Widow & Her Son iv. (1851) 232 You'll learn henceforth to chide with far less vehemency. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors xlvii. (1857) II. 314 All these speeches were spoken with great vehemency.
2. Intensity or severity:
a. Of pain, illness, etc.
1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. i. 13 That the payne, and the accidens encrease not, nor diminische, but contynue in great vehementie. 1558Bp. Watson Sev. Sacram. xxx. 193 Doo not differre this tyl the vehemencie of your sickenes decaye your speache and memorie. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 359 According to the strength of the sick, and vehemency of the disease. 1642R. Carpenter Experience ii. vii. 173 No man ever endured such rage, and vehemencie of pain. 1656J. Smith Pract. of Physick 146 A Pestilent Feaver differs from the Plague by the vehemency of the mischief and contagion.
b. Of cold, heat, or other influences.
1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 109 Humour refresheth heate, and slaketh the vehemencie thereof. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 259 The Podagra or Gout, quhilk of the Vehemencie of calde he contracted. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies ii. vii. 96 The vehemencie of the fire forceth and driveth vp an aboundance of vapours. 1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. 309 Which if it were Hippocrates his opinion notwithstanding the vehemency of his remedies [etc.]. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Flower, On these they hang a Piece of Cloth, which..defends 'em from the Vehemency of its [sc. the sun's] Rays. 1815Scott Guy M. iv, Those farther rules by which diviners pretend to ascertain the vehemency of this evil direction.
3. = vehemence 2.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 120 The vehemencie of the wynde is not of poure to caste downe those houses. 1569T. Stocker tr. Diod. Sic. iii. ix. 118 Many Barques..with the vehemencie of the wether were runne on lande. 1609Bible (Douay) Deut. xxviii. 49 In likenes of an eagle that flieth with vehemencie. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. ii. vi. 105 It is continually forced along with Celerity and Vehemency.
b. Used of sounds.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 84 The earth trembeled throwgh the vehemencie of theyr owtcry. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 439 Least the vehemency of chirking frogs vexe the wish'd⁓for Repose of his..body.
4. = vehemence 1. rare—1.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Vehemencia odoris, the vehemencie of, &c. |