slovo | definícia |
covet (encz) | covet,bažit v: Zdeněk Brož |
covet (encz) | covet,prahnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
Covet (gcide) | Covet \Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Coveting.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter,
from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to
become excited. Cf. Cupidity.]
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1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; --
used in a good sense.
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Covet earnestly the best gifts. --1. Cor.
xxii. 31.
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If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak.
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2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after
(something forbidden).
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. --Ex. xx.
17.
Syn: To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.
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Covet (gcide) | Covet \Cov"et\, v. i.
To have or indulge inordinate desire.
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Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred
from the faith. --1 Tim. vi.
10.
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covet (wn) | covet
v 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the
property of another person); "She covets her sister's
house" |
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covet (encz) | covet,bažit v: Zdeněk Brožcovet,prahnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
coveted (encz) | coveted,kýžený adj: Zdeněk Brožcoveted,vyhledávaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covetous (encz) | covetous,chamtivý adj: Zdeněk Brožcovetous,prahnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožcovetous,žádostivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
covetously (encz) | covetously, |
covetousness (encz) | covetousness,dychtivost Jaroslav Šedivýcovetousness,žádostivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Covetable (gcide) | Covetable \Cov"et*a*ble\ (k?v"?t-?-b'l), a.
That may be coveted; desirable.
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Coveter (gcide) | Coveter \Cov"et*er\ (-?r), n.
One who covets.
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Coveting (gcide) | Covet \Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Coveting.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter,
from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to
become excited. Cf. Cupidity.]
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1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; --
used in a good sense.
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Covet earnestly the best gifts. --1. Cor.
xxii. 31.
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If it be a sin to covet honor,
I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak.
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2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after
(something forbidden).
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. --Ex. xx.
17.
Syn: To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.
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Covetise (gcide) | Covetise \Cov"et*ise\ (-?s), n. [OF. coveitise, F. convoitise.
See Covet, v. t. ]
Avarice. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Covetiveness (gcide) | Covetiveness \Cov"et*ive*ness\ (-?v-), n. (Phren.)
Acquisitiveness.
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Covetous (gcide) | Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F.
convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.]
1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
[Archaic]
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Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak.
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Covetous death bereaved us all,
To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson.
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2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and
possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
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The covetous person lives as if the world were
madealtogether for him, and not he for the world.
--South.
Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly.
See Avaricious.
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Covetously (gcide) | Covetously \Cov"et*ous*ly\, adv.
In a covetous manner.
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Covetousness (gcide) | Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n.
1. Strong desire. [R.]
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When workmen strive to do better than well,
They do confound their skill in covetousness.
--Shak.
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2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing
some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money;
-- in a bad sense.
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Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess
itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat.
Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.
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Miscovet (gcide) | Miscovet \Mis*cov"et\, v. t.
To covet wrongfully. [Obs.]
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Uncoveted (gcide) | Uncoveted \Uncoveted\
See coveted. |
covet (wn) | covet
v 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the
property of another person); "She covets her sister's
house" |
coveted (wn) | coveted
adj 1: greatly desired [syn: coveted, desired, {in
demand(p)}, sought after] |
covetous (wn) | covetous
adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
"jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";
"envious of their art collection" [syn: covetous,
envious, jealous]
2: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous
eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser";
"grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew
richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with
raises for their employees" [syn: avaricious, covetous,
grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile] |
covetously (wn) | covetously
adv 1: with jealousy; in an envious manner; "he looked at his
friend's new car jealously" [syn: enviously,
covetously, jealously]
2: in a greedy manner [syn: avariciously, covetously,
greedily] |
covetousness (wn) | covetousness
n 1: an envious eagerness to possess something
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice,
avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]
3: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia] |
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