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En"vy (?), n.; pl. Envies (#). [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]
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If he evade us there,
Enforce him with his envy to the people.
Shak.
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2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar.
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Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. Ray.
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No bliss
Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
Milton.
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Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learned or brave.
Pope.
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3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]
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Such as cleanliness and decency
Prompt to a virtuous envy.
Ford.
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4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]
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To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. B. Jonson.
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5. An object of envious notice or feeling.
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This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay.
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En"vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.
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A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier.
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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.
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2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
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I have seen thee fight,
When I have envied thy behavior.
Shak.
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Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. Froude.
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3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. T. Gray.
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4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.]
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If I make a lie
To gain your love and envy my best mistress,
Put me against a wall.
J. Fletcher.
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5. To hate. [Obs.] Marlowe.
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6. To emulate. [Obs.] Spenser.
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En"vy (?), v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
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Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? Jer. Taylor.
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2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.]He has . . . envied against the people.” Shak.
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