vehement
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vehement intense, severe; very forcible. XV. — (O)F.
véhément or L.
vehemēns,
-ent- impetuous, violent, perh. for *
vēmēns ‘deprived of mind’, alt. by assoc. with
vehere carry.
So
vehemence XVI. — F. — L.
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