different between covet vs request

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.

English

Alternative forms

• requeste (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requ?s?ta, feminine of requ?s?tus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requ?r? (“require, ask”). Compare to French requetér.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kw?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: re?quest

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

1. (transitive or with that clause) To ask for (something).

2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

   Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

Translations

Noun

request (plural requests)

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish

   • 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports

     The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.

2. A formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms: petition, postulation

3. Condition of being sought after.

   Synonym: demand
4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.

Derived terms

• discovery request
• request for admission
• request for production

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

Translations

See also

• Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Further reading

• request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• request in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• request in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• request at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• quester

Middle English

Alternative forms

• requeste, reqweste, rekeyste

Etymology

From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +? quest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??kw?st(?)/

Noun

request (plural requestes)

1. A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
2. (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
3. (Late Middle English) A adventure or heroic journey.

Descendants

• English: request
• Scots: request

References

• “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.