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▪ I. coveting, vbl. n.|ˈkʌvɪtɪŋ|
[f. covet + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. covet.
c1315Shoreham 22 Let ounde and wrethe and coveytynge. 1382Wyclif Rom. vi. 12 Regne not synne in ȝoure deedly body, that ȝe obeische to his coueitingis. c1400Mandeville (1839) xiv. 159 That dyamand schold be ȝoven frely, with outen coveytynge. 1611Shakes. Cymb. ii. v. 25 Ambitions, Couetings, change of Prides, Disdaine. a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 226 The zealous desires or covetings of men after spiritual things. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. xi. 260 A country so rich and splendid could scarcely fail to awaken covetings. 1887Ruskin in Pall Mall G. 15 Nov. 3/1 Nothing made Carlyle more contemptuous than this coveting of ‘happiness’.
▪ II. ˈcoveting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That covets.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 287 A couetyng desyre to fulfyll the commaundementes of God. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. ii. ii. (1737) II. 155 A Coveting or Avaritious Temper.
Hence ˈcovetingly adv.
1382Wyclif 1 Thess. ii. 8 We desyringe ȝou coueityngly..with greet loue, wolden bitake to ȝou..the gospel of God. 1599B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. v. ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 97/2 Phantaste. Most covetingly ready, Amorphus. |