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ambition (/), n. [F. ambition, L. ambitio a going around, especially of candidates for office is Rome, to sol
| ambition | (/), n. [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.] 1.
The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. [Obs.]
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-[I] used no ambition to commend my deeds. Milton.
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2.
An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
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-Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition: |
| ambition | , v. t. [Cf. F. ambitionner.]
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. [R.]
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-Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. Trumbull.
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