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Tekoälykääntäjä

Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

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Käännös
Substantiivit
1.
Gier {die}
2.
Habsucht {die}

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.

Esimerkit

  • He which will yield to Fear. muſt neceſſarily yield to Covetouſneſs or any inordinate Deſire.
  • Covetouſneſs is the yelow Jaundice of the foul, which ariſes from the over-flowing of the heart with love to yellow gold, by which a Chriſtian is dull'd and deadned.
  • Covetousness prevents all good, and is and inlet and encouragement to evil.
  • In obvious compensation and opposition the fear of nothingness becomes the source of covetousness...

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