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To covet is defined as to strongly want something that someone else has.

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An example of to covet is to dream of owning the car that your neighbor drives.

See covet in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to want ardently (esp., something that another person has); long for with envy

Origin: ME coveiten < OFr coveitier < LL *cupiditare < L cupiditas: see cupidity

Related Forms:

coveter noun

See covet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets

verb, transitive

To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy.
To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire.

verb, intransitive

To feel immoderate desire for that which is another's.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English coveiten

Origin: , from Old French coveitier

Origin: , from covitie, desire

Origin: , from Latin cupiditās

Origin: , from cupidus, desirous

Origin: , from cupere, to desire

Related Forms:

covˈet·a·ble adjective

covˈet·er noun

covˈet·ing·ly adverb

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