| Ambition (ambition) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Am*bi"tion |
| [F. ambition, L.
ambitio a going around, especially of candidates for office is Rome,
to solicit votes (hence, desire for office or honor(?) fr. ambire to
go around. See Ambient, Issue.] |
The
act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of
desire; canvassing.
An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire
for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of
something.
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| Ambition (ambition) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Am*bi"tion |
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To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to
covet.
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