What Does Covet Mean?

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Definitions for covetˈkʌv ɪtcov·et

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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. covetverb

   wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

   "She covets her sister's house"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. covetverb

   To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.

2. covetverb

   To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

3. covetverb

   To yearn, have or indulge inordinate desire, notably for another's possession.

4. Etymology: from coveiten, from covoiter (modern convoiter), from covoitié, presumably modified from cupiditas.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To COVETverb

   Etymology: convoiter, French.

   1. To desire inordinately; to desire beyond due bounds.

   If it be a sin to covet honour,I am the most offending man alive. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   I am yetUnknown to woman, never was forsworn,Scarcely have coveted what was mine own,At no time broke my faith. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   O father! can it be that souls sublime,Return to visit our terrestrial clime?And that the gen’rous mind, releas’d by death,Can covet lazy limbs and mortal breath? John Dryden, Æn.

   2. To desire earnestly.

   But covet earnestly the best gifts. 1 Cor. xii. 31.

2. To Covetverb

   To have a strong desire.

   The love of money is the root of all evil, which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. 1 Tim. vi.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. covet

   Yvette Young is an American musician from San Jose, California. She is the front-woman for the math rock band Covet.

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1. covet

   Covet is a verb that refers to feeling a strong desire to possess or have something that someone else owns or enjoys. It involves an intense longing or yearning for something that is typically seen as desirable or appealing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Covetverb

   to wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense

2. Covetverb

   to long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden)

3. Covetverb

   to have or indulge inordinate desire

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Covet

   kuv′et, 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. [O. Fr. coveiter (Fr. convoiter)—L. cupiditat-em—cupĕre, to desire.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of covet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of covet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of covet in a Sentence

1. Epictetus:

   Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.

2. Camille Paglia:

   In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

3. Mark Twain:

   …[I]n order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.

4. Nicole Sherrod:

   It's a demographic that is very much into tech, so it's not shocking that it tends to skew much higher in their portfolios, take something like Tesla: It's something hot that millennials covet, and although they may not have the purchasing power to buy the car yet, they can certainly buy the stock.

5. Dave Nonis:

   We need to get value, i know from talking to other teams that they covet some of the players we have. If there are trades that make sense for us, we're going to do it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=covet
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Covet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryhttps://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=covet
4. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covet
5. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/covet
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=covet
8. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=covet

Translations for covet

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• جشع, طمعArabic
• пожелавам, жадувамBulgarian
• begehren, sehnenGerman
• deziriEsperanto
• desear, codiciarSpanish
• halutaFinnish
• guigner, désirer, convoiterFrench
• cobizar, desexarGalician
• mendambakanIndonesian
• concupire, bramareItalian
• לַחמוֹדHebrew
• 貪る, 切望, 欲張るJapanese
• monoa, monowaMāori
• verlangen, hunkeren, begeren, lusten, lonken, smachtenDutch
• attråNorwegian
• desejarPortuguese
• домогаться, желать, жаждатьRussian
• sukta, begäraSwedish
• thèm muốnVietnamese
• 贪图Chinese

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