coveting

Meanings

• verb

  Desiring to possess something, especially something that belongs to someone else.

  - "John covets his neighbor's new car."
  - "Mary covets the attention her sister receives."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with coveting
desiring , admiring , striving , triving , conspiring

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Variants

List of all variants of coveting that leads to same result
covet , covetable , coveted , coveter , coveters , coveting , covetingly , covets

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Forms

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coveted, coveting, covets

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'desiring, desiring strongly' from Old North French coveter, from Old French couver 'to cover, conceal'. The modern meaning developed in Middle English.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'coveting' appears in the Ten Commandments in the Bible.

2. The term 'covetous' was used in early English law to describe someone who was excessively greedy or materialistic.

3. Coveting is considered one of the Seven Deadly Sins in many religious traditions.

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Related Concepts

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1. greed: Coveting is a type of greed, characterized by an intense and selfish desire for something, often material possessions.

2. envy: Coveting is related to envy, as both involve desiring something that someone else has. However, coveting goes beyond simple envy and includes a desire to possess the object or quality in question.

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Quotes

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1. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it—namely, that in order to make a man or a boy "covet" a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

   - Mark Twain,{it}Tom Sawyer{/it},1876

2. The only Commandment I'd breached, besides killing that bird with my air rifle, was that I had "coveted" Bobby Entrekin's electric train. It blew real smoke. Mine didn't.

   - Lewis Grizzard,{it}Reader's Digest{/it},January 1992

3. The oldest of the students, she had become a confidante of Fern's and she alone was allowed to call her by her first name. It was not a privilege the others "coveted".

   - Edward P. Jones,{it}The Known World{/it},2003

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Culture

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In literature, coveting is often depicted as a negative trait, leading characters to commit crimes or make poor decisions. In art, it is a common theme in portrayals of the Seven Deadly Sins.

How to Memorize "coveting"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a strong desire or craving for an object or possession.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'coveting' with the image of someone reaching out to take something that isn't theirs.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym C-O-V-E-T-I-N-G: Covetting is when you want something, Inside, Growing, Never-ending.

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