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Ambition
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: ambire, to go about) Excessive or inordinate seeking of honors, so named from the practise of candidates for office in early Rome going about the city to procure votes.
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Entry for 'Ambition'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/ambition.html. 1910.