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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If he evade us there,
Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

No bliss
Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,
Is emulation in the learned or brave. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Emulation; rivalry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such as cleanliness and decency
Prompt to a virtuous envy. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Public odium; ill repute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An object of envious notice or feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have seen thee fight,
When I have envied thy behavior. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. T. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If I make a lie
To gain your love and envy my best mistress,
Put me against a wall. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To hate. [ Obs. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To emulate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [ Obs. ] “He has . . . envied against the people.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine. ] Stored or furnished with wine. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]