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covet

Posted on November 10, 2015November 9, 2015 by admin

kuh viht

transitive verb
1. to envy or wish to possess (something belonging to another) inordinately or without right.
He coveted his brother’s larger share of the inheritance.
Now that she was married, she secretly coveted her friends’ freedom.

2. to want intensely.
She received the award she had coveted for so long.
The horns of the animal are coveted as trophies by hunters.

intransitive verb
to have an inordinate or wrongful wish to possess something belonging to another.

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