Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Covet (-ed, -ing, -s)
covet (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [OFr < L. cupiditāt-em, eager desire, cupidity.] (webplay: eagerness, possess).
- Want; pine; yearn; wish intensely.
- Seek to acquire; desire possession of; long for consummation with; (see Exodus 20:17).
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