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covet

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
covet /ˈkʌvɪt/

▶verb (covets, coveting, coveted) yearn to possess (something belonging to someone else).

– derivatives
covetable adjective
covetously adverb,
covetousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. cuveitier, based on L. cupiditas (see cupidity).

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