Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously. · To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). · To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.
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