All 3 Uses of
covet
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- He means that the love so given to one near in blood is covetously withheld from some stranger who, it may be, hungers for it.†
Chpt 9 *
- No sir smile neighbour shall covet his ox or his wife or his manservant or his maidservant or his jackass.†
Chpt 9
- the coveted castle too.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(covet) to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)