To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; --
used in a good sense.
To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after
(something forbidden).
1. Etym: [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e., Ja...
