All 7 Uses of
covet
in
Wuthering Heights
- He means to offer liberal payment for permission to lodge at the Heights; and doubtless my brother's covetousness will prompt him to accept the terms: he was always greedy; though what he grasps with one hand he flings away with the other.'†
p. 72.0
- It is impossible that you can covet the admiration of Heathcliff — that you consider him an agreeable person!†
p. 74.1 *covet = strongly desire
- Abstract your mind from the subject at present: you are too prone to covet your neighbour's goods; remember THIS neighbour's goods are mine.'†
p. 77.7
- He looked astonished at the expression my face assumed during a brief second: it was not horror, it was covetousness.†
p. 102.4
- He has just come home at dawn, and gone up-stairs to his chamber; looking himself in — as if anybody dreamt of coveting his company!†
p. 126.3coveting = strongly wanting
- — Do you know that, twenty times a day, I covet Hareton, with all his degradation?†
p. 158.3covet = strongly desire
- Compare the present occasion with such an affliction as that, and be thankful for the friends you have, instead of coveting more.'†
p. 162.9coveting = strongly wanting
Definition:
to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)