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In earnest
Earnest Ear"nest, n. [AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr. ? to excite, L. oriri to rise.] Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. --Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak. In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.

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- Look up earnest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Earnest is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Earnest Andersson (1878–1943)...
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- An earnest payment or earnest money is a specific form of security deposit made in some major transactions such as real estate dealings or required by...
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