Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to covet
Participle: coveted
Gerund: coveting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | covet |
| you | covet |
| he;she;it | covets |
| we | covet |
| you | covet |
| they | covet |
Perfect
| I | have coveted |
| you | have coveted |
| he;she;it | has coveted |
| we | have coveted |
| you | have coveted |
| they | have coveted |
Past
| I | coveted |
| you | coveted |
| he;she;it | coveted |
| we | coveted |
| you | coveted |
| they | coveted |
Pluperfect
| I | had coveted |
| you | had coveted |
| he;she;it | had coveted |
| we | had coveted |
| you | had coveted |
| they | had coveted |
Future
| I | will covet |
| you | will covet |
| he;she;it | will covet |
| we | will covet |
| you | will covet |
| they | will covet |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coveted |
| you | will have coveted |
| he;she;it | will have coveted |
| we | will have coveted |
| you | will have coveted |
| they | will have coveted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | covet |
| you | covet |
| he;she;it | covet |
| we | covet |
| you | covet |
| they | covet |
Perfect
| I | have coveted |
| you | have coveted |
| he;she;it | have coveted |
| we | have coveted |
| you | have coveted |
| they | have coveted |
Imperfect
| I | coveted |
| you | coveted |
| he;she;it | coveted |
| we | coveted |
| you | coveted |
| they | coveted |
Pluperfect
| I | had coveted |
| you | had coveted |
| he;she;it | had coveted |
| we | had coveted |
| you | had coveted |
| they | had coveted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would covet |
| you | would covet |
| he;she;it | would covet |
| we | would covet |
| you | would covet |
| they | would covet |
Perfect
| I | would have coveted |
| you | would have coveted |
| he;she;it | would have coveted |
| we | would have coveted |
| you | would have coveted |
| they | would have coveted |
Imperative
| you | covet |
| we | Let's covet |
| you | covet |
Verbs conjugated like 'covet'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'covet'
civet,
cove,
cover,
covey,
cave,
caveat,
closet,
coact,
coapt,
coast,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas. See: Old French '
covoitier', French '
convoiter'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] was a packet of a much better class than that in which we had come from Pittsburg. As this passage does not occupy more than twelve or thirteen hours, we arranged to go ashore that night: not coveting the distinction of sleeping in a state-room, when it was possible to sleep anywhere else.
(American Notes for General Circulation)