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Covetise

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Cov´et`ise    (~?s)
n.1.Avarice.


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] Therefore to worke my feate I will my name disguise And call my Name polycie in stede of Covetise.
457), Conscyence answers, "pride, wrath, and envy, / Sloth, covetise, and gluttony,-- / Lechery the seventh is" (ll.
The preterite subjunctive were is not uncommon, either: (16) Al weere it so that a riche coveytous man hadde a ryver or a gotter fletynge al of gold, yit sholde it nevere staunchen his covetise.
 
 
 
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