covet
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
from Middle English coveiten, from Old French covoiter (modern convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.
[edit] Verb
covet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)
- (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, notably enviously; -- also used in a good sense.
- (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- (intransitive) To yearn, have or indulge inordinate desire, notably for another's possession.
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[edit] Translations
to wish for with eagerness
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to long for inordinately or unlawfully
to have or indulge inordinate desire
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[edit] External links
- covet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- covet in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
