[kuhv-it] 
| 1. | to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property. |
| 2. | to wish for, esp. eagerly: He won the prize they all coveted. |
| 3. | to have an inordinate or wrongful desire. |
| cov·et (kŭv'ĭt) v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v. tr.
To feel immoderate desire for that which is another's. [Middle English coveiten, from Old French coveitier, from covitie, desire, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desirous, from cupere, to desire.] cov'et·a·ble adj., cov'et·er n., cov'et·ing·ly adv. |
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