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11Covet — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Covet (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on covet instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/covet …
12covet — See envy, covet, desire. See envy, covet, desire …
13covet — UK [ˈkʌvət] / US verb [transitive] Word forms covet : present tense I/you/we/they covet he/she/it covets present participle coveting past tense coveted past participle coveted formal to very much want something that someone else has …
14covet — verb Etymology: Middle English coveiten, from Anglo French coveiter, from Vulgar Latin *cupidietare, from Latin cupiditat , cupiditas desire, from cupidus desirous, from cupere to desire Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to wish for earnestly …
15covet — covetable, adj. coveter, n. covetingly, adv. /kuv it/, v.t. 1. to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another s property. 2. to wish for, esp. eagerly: He won the prize they all coveted. v.i.… …
16Covet — This surname recorded as Couve, Couves, Couvet, Couvert, Covert and Covet, is of French origins. As a refugee (Huguenot) surname it was introduced into England at the end of the 17th Century, by people fleeing the religious persecution that was… …
17covet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. desire, long for, crave, want, envy. See jealousy. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deSire, envy, wish for; see envy , want 1 . See Synonym Study at envy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v …
18covet — [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin *cupiditāre, a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity).… …
19covet — [[t]kʌ̱vɪt[/t]] covets, coveting, coveted VERB If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself. [FORMAL] [V n] She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense. Syn: desire …
20covet — verb even with all they have, they covet the wealth of others Syn: desire, yearn for, crave, have one s heart set on, want, wish for, long for, hanker after/for, hunger after/for, thirst for …
