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English

Etymology

From Middle English covent, from Old French covent (modern French couvent).

Noun

covent (plural covents)

1. (obsolete) Convent.

Derived terms

• Covent Garden

Old French

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Noun

covent m (oblique plural covenz or coventz, nominative singular covenz or coventz, nominative plural covent)

1. convent (residence of nuns)

Descendants

• ? English: convent
• French: couvent

English

Etymology

From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas. First used in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?v??t
• IPA^(key): /?k?v?t/
• Rhymes: -?v?t

Verb

covet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)

1. (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
2. (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
3. (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• covet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• covet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.