Envies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Envy \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 C[ae]sar.
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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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