Word Meanings - MISCOVET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To covet wrongfully.

COVETIVENESS
Acquisitiveness.
COVETABLE
That may be coveted; desirable.
COVETOUSLY
In a covetous manner.
COVETOUS
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess
COVETOUSNESS
1. Strong desire. When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak. 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad
COVETISE
Avarice. Spenser.
COVET
derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to become excited. 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sen Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1. Cor. xxii. 31. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the
COVETER
One who covets.
MISCOVET
To covet wrongfully.