covet 
covet (kuv′it)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to want ardently (esp., something that another person has); long for with envy
Etymology: ME coveiten < OFr coveitier < LL *cupiditare < L cupiditas: see cupidity
Object
- fame: Let good men, for good deeds, covet good fame, Since place and riches oft are bribes of shame.
- neighbor: Who says coveting thy neighbor 's hat doesn't pay?
- gift: In other words, a more excellent way than coveting the showy gift is to be content with the one you have.
- anyone: Verse 33: I have not coveted anyone 's silver or gold or clothing.
- man: Verse 33: ' I have coveted no man 's silver, or gold, or apparel.
- thing: We are not to covet the things, or material possessions, of our neighbor.
Subject
- club: Dickson Etuhu who has been rumored since pre season to be coveted by several clubs finally made his way out of Deepdale.
- collector: Those cute figurines coveted by collectors around the world are produced in Valencia.
Adjective complement
- near: Among the children income eligible for in coveting near.
- most: Moses himself coveted most of all things to see Him who was accomplishing such wonders by His hand.
Modifying Another Word
- earnestly: But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way " .
- highly: Their work has won many awards, including three highly coveted Royal Television Society Awards.
- long: He was back in the Football League within a year, signing for Cardiff City, who had long coveted his talents.
- always: Their next door neighbors ( The Hackney Empire ) had always coveted the building.
- much: Without even striking, the gas workers won the much coveted eight hour day.
- not: Verse 33: I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing.
Used with why or when
- what: By refusing to share his goods with others in need, he covets what actually belongs to them.
Infinitive complement
- prophesy: Thus he bids them " covet to prophesy, " but on the other hand " forbid not to speak with tongues.
Preposition: by
And God spake all these words, saying,Iamthe L thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that isinheaven above, or that isin the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thoushalt nottakethename of the L thy God invain; for the L will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember thesabbath day, to keep it holy. Six daysthou shalt labour and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the L thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the L made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the L blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long uponthelandwhichtheL thy Godgiveththee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Thou shalt not covet; but tradition Approves all forms of competition.
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