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Definition

to strongly want (something—especially something that belongs to another)

The company makes knockoffs for people who covet designer fashions, but can't afford them.

covet = strongly want

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The covetous man is ever in want.
Horace
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Romans 13:8-10 (NIV)
And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.
O. Henry -- The Gift of the Magi

coveted = strongly wanted

the recipient of a fabulously coveted research grant.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

coveted = strongly desired

stung again by the denial of a man whose love, almost inexplicably, he still coveted, a man ignoring him, even in heaven.
Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven

coveted = strongly wanted

Brutus grows so covetous
William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar

covetous = to strongly want (something — especially something that belongs to others)

When someone covets something, they desire and lust after it.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

covets = strongly wants

And I have coveted other people's goods.
David Almond -- Clay

coveted = strongly wanted

as if coveting something that didn't belong to him.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

coveting = strongly wanting

I covet no man's soul,
Ayn Rand -- Anthem

covet = want

Of course no one in Olinka owns a bicycle, but one of the roadbuilders has one, and all the Olinka men covet it and talk of someday soon purchasing their own.
Alice Walker -- The Color Purple

covet = strongly want

she, more covetous
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

covetous = to strongly want (something, especially the property of another person)

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill
"I shall never have Mr Gashford's good word, my lord," replied John, touching his hat respectfully, "and I don't covet it."
Dickens, Charles -- Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty
But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Shakespeare, William -- King Henry V
She covets her sister's house
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.
Confucius

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

It is impossible that you can covet the admiration of Heathcliff - that you consider him an agreeable person
Bronte, Emily -- Wuthering Heights

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