Bible Dictionaries
Ambition
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ambition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/ambition.html. 1828.