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    Envy , 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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    Envy, 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.
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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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    Envy , 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.” 
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