coveter

Variant of covet

covet definition

covet (kuv′it)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

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

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

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