Covet

(kŭv'et), v. t. [imp. & p. p. COVETED; p. pr. & vb. n. COVETING.] [O. Fr. covoiter, coveiter, now convoiter, Pr. cobeitur, It. cubitare, from O. Fr. covoitous, covetous, now convoiteux, from Lat. cupidus, eager, from cupere, to desire.] 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of;—used in a good sense. Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1 Cor. xii. 31. 2. To wish for inordinately or unlawfully; to lust after. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house . . . wife . . . nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. Ex. xx. 17. Syn.—To long for; desire; hanker after.

v. i. To have or indulge inordinate desire; — with after.

Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1 Tim. vi. 10.