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zeal

zeal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established. Johnson.
  2. 2.A zealot. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
  3. 3.To be zealous. [Obs. & R.] Bacon.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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