Definitions for covet

covet cov·et

Spelling: [kuhv-it]
IPA: /ˈkʌv ɪt/

Covet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in covet (ceotv).

Definitions for covet

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 covet

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 covet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for covet
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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