Both Uses
covet
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- I am yet
Unknown to woman; never was forsworn;
Scarcely have coveted what was mine own;
At no time broke my faith; would not betray
The devil to his fellow; and delight
No less in truth than life: my first false speaking
Was this upon myself.p. 147.7 * - I am yet
Unknown to woman; never was forsworn;
Scarcely have coveted what was mine own;
At no time broke my faith; would not betray
The devil to his fellow; and delight
No less in truth than life: my first false speaking
Was this upon myself.p. 164.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(covet) to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)