Definitions for covets

covets cov·et

Spelling: [kuhv-it]
IPA: /ˈkʌv ɪt/

Covets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in covets (ceostv).

Definitions for covets

verb (used with object)

  1. to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others:
  2. to wish for, especially eagerly:

verb (used without object)

  1. to have an inordinate or wrongful desire.

Origin of covets

1175-1225; Middle English coveiten Anglo-French coveiter, Old French coveit(i)er Vulgar Latin *cupidiētāre, verbal derivative of *cupidiētās, for Latin cupititās cupi

Examples for covets

This is something to covet, and, when found, not to be lost sight of.

I ask if he thinks Christie should run for president, an office that McGreevey himself was once widely assumed to covet.

The label has gained an especially impressive footing in markets that covet its strong American appeal.

Have we got to say, 'I covet this woman because she is all beauty'?

Hardly in Wythburn was there any one so poor as to covet such shelter for a home.

They are not merely trying to stir up desire—to covet, to shop, to consume.

There is nothing I should better like to hear, since of all titles this is the one I covet most the right to bear.

These commandments forbid us to covet anything that is our neighbor's.

But for most who of those want to be a CEO or covet an IPO, getting a BA or BS is mandatory.

They have no legal liability for what happens in Chinese factories that covet its manufacturing business.

Word Value for covets
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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