Envying

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

  Envy \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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