v. t.
Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1. Cor. xxii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]
If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx. 17.
v. i. To have or indulge inordinate desire. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which [ money ] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. 1 Tim. vi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be coveted; desirable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who covets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. coveitise, F. convoitise. See Covet, v. t. ] Avarice. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Phren.) Acquisitiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See Covet, v. t. ]
Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. South.
adv. In a covetous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.
v. t. To covet wrongfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]