Hypertext Webster Gateway: "covet"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Covet \Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Coveting}.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter,
from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to
become excited. Cf. {Cupidity}.]
1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; --
used in a good sense.

Covet earnestly the best gifts. --1. Cor.
xxii. 31.

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most
offending soul alive. --Shak.

2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after
(something forbidden).

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. --Ex. xx.
17.

Syn: To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Covet \Cov"et\, v. i.
To have or indulge inordinate desire.

Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred
from the faith. --1 Tim. vi.
10.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

covet
v : wish, long, or crave for (something, esp. the property of
another person); "She covets her sister's house"

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