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Webster 1913 Edition

Zeal

Zeal

(zēl)
,
Noun.
[F.
zèle
; cf. Pg. & It.
zelo
, Sp.
zelo
,
celo
; from L.
zelus
, Gr. [GREEK], probably akin to [GREEK] to boil. Cf.
Yeast
,
Jealous
.]
1.
Passionate ardor in the pursuit of anything; eagerness in favor of a person or cause; ardent and active interest; engagedness; enthusiasm; fervor.
“Ambition varnished o’er with zeal.”
Milton.
“Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.”
Dryden.
“Zeal's never-dying fire.”
Keble.
I bear them record that they have a
zeal
of God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom. x. 2.
A
zeal
for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert with little care what shall be established.
Johnson.
2.
A zealot.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Zeal

,
Verb.
I.
To be zealous.
[Obs. & R.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Zeal

ZEAL

,
Noun.
[Gr., L.] Passionate ardor in the pursuit of any thing. In general, zeal is an eagerness of desire to accomplish or obtain some object, and it may be manifested either in favor of any person or thing, or in opposition to it, and in a good or bad cause.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.
They have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Romans 10.
A zeal for liberty is sometimes an eagerness to subvert, with little care what shall be established.

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