Definition of covet

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Covet (v. i.) To have or indulge inordinate desire.

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Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.
Coveting :: Coveting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cove.
Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.
Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..
Covetise :: Covetise (v. t.) Avarice.
Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.
Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..
Miscovet :: Miscovet (v. t.) To covet wrongfully.
Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.
Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.
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