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Definition of Coveting
1. covet [v] - See also: covet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coveting
Literary usage of Coveting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"And without delay there was a citizen coveting to buy flesh for himself and his
household and of that heap of the which ..."
2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1839)
"... when at home, upwards of eleven years. them to take heed lest, by coveting
riches, they should make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"For coveting much, overlay not thy ground, And then shall thy cattle be healthy
and sound; But pinch them of pasture, while summer doth last, ..."
4. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"... remarks quaintly enough: "Cats coveting the fire more than ordinary, or licking
their feet and trimming the hair of their heads and mustachios, ..."
5. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments by Addison (1797)
"... of what we have, by coveting what we do not \vaat. We do wrong to arraign
Providence of partiality, and complain of unequal ..."
6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"And without delay there was a citizen coveting to buy flesh for himself and his
household and of that heap of the which ..."
7. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1839)
"... when at home, upwards of eleven years. them to take heed lest, by coveting
riches, they should make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience. ..."
8. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"For coveting much, overlay not thy ground, And then shall thy cattle be healthy
and sound; But pinch them of pasture, while summer doth last, ..."
9. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"... remarks quaintly enough: "Cats coveting the fire more than ordinary, or licking
their feet and trimming the hair of their heads and mustachios, ..."
10. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments by Addison (1797)
"... of what we have, by coveting what we do not \vaat. We do wrong to arraign
Providence of partiality, and complain of unequal ..."
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