To covet: v.tr. (word coming from the popular Latin cupidietare, from cupiditas, greed).
To "covet" is to desire greedily (something disputed or belonging to another).
To covet the property of others, an inheritance, the first place (synonyms: to aspire, to seek, to envy, to peep, to ogle, to dream -of-; familiar. to squint -on-).
Opposites of coveting: disdain, despise, refuse, repel...
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