1. (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
2. (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
3. (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Thesaurus Entries
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