Eager

Definition of Eager

Ea´ger

a.	1.	Sharp; sour; acid.
	2.	Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.
	3.	Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase. And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes. - Shak. How eagerly ye follow my disgraces! - Shak. When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. - Keble. A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. - Hawthorne. Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. - Shak.
	4.	Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. - Locke.
n.	1.	Same as Eagre.

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