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covet (verb)

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  • covet — ► VERB (coveted, coveting) ▪ yearn to possess (something belonging to someone else). DERIVATIVES covetable adjective. ORIGIN Old French cuveitier, from Latin cupiditas cupidity …   English terms dictionary

  • covet — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • covet — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • covet — verb /ˈkʌvɪt/ a) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, notably enviously; also used in a good sense. b) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden) …   Wiktionary

  • covet — verb (T) formal to have a very strong desire to have something that someone else has: He possessed rare and much coveted works of art …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • covet — 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 …   English dictionary

  • covet — [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).… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • covet — [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).… …   Word origins

  • covet — 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 …   English dictionary for students

  • covet — [[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 …   English dictionary

  • covet — /ˈkʌvət / (say kuvuht) verb (t) 1. to desire inordinately, or without due regard to the rights of others; desire wrongfully. 2. to wish for, especially eagerly. –verb (i) 3. to have an inordinate or wrongful desire. {Middle English coveiten, from …  

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