Definition of covet

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

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Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Envy :: Envy (v. t.) To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Sustained :: Suspired (a.) Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Coveter :: Coveter (n.) One who covets.
Ambition :: Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..
Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.
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..
Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..
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