Definition of covet

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Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

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Affect :: Affect (v. t.) To aim at; to aspire; to covet.
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Desire :: Desire (v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
Covet :: Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
Covetable :: Covetable (a.) That may be coveted; desirable.
Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.
Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Miscovet :: Miscovet (v. t.) To covet wrongfully.
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