Covet
['kʌvɪt] or ['kʌvət]
Definition
(verb.) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); 'She covets her sister's house'.
Edited by Lancelot--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.
(v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
(v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Typist: Osborn
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Desire, long for, lust for, hanker after, aspire to.
Typist: Vern
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Long_for, wish_for, yearn_for, hanker, desire
ANT:Despise, dislike, undervalue, mislike
Checker: Ramona
Definition
v.t. to desire or wish for eagerly: to wish for what is unlawful.—v.i. to desire (with for).—adjs. Cov′etable; Cov′eted.—adv. Cov′etingly.—ns. Cov′etise (obs.) covetousness: ardent desire; Cov′etiveness (obs.) acquisitiveness.—adj. Cov′etous inordinately desirous: avaricious.—adv. Cov′etously.—n. Cov′etousness.
Typist: Tito
Examples
- Sir, you have now given me my 'cadeau;' I am obliged to you: it is the meed teachers most covet--praise of their pupils' progress. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I covet nothing, said Mr. Skimpole in the same light way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is the only pearl I have, he said; and now others will find out that she is pure and of price: they will covet her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If he would but prove reliable, and he _looked_ reliable, what, beyond his friendship, could I ever covet? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But if the _Ingl閟_ must learn that odor that he covets to recognize he must go to the _matadero_ early in the morning. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I coveted a cake of bread. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They're yours, there--' And with trembling, excited hands she put the coveted stockings under Ursula's pillow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This from me may appear to strangers like personal pique, but all who know me will acquit me of having ever, in my life, coveted the society of fools. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He finished it, was paid the stipulated sum, and immediately spent it in fresh experiments to find the coveted enamel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nay, there are few, very few, who would not affect pride in the possession of what their betters have coveted in vain! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And presently Dobbin had the opportunity which his heart coveted, and he got sight of Amelia's face once more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The poor widow in the little cottage at Brompton, guarding her treasure there, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Verna