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I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior.

Shak.

Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes.

Froude.

3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share.

T. Gray.

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

If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall.

J. Fletcher.

5. To hate. [Obs.] Marlowe.

6. To emulate. [Obs.] Spenser.

En"vy (?), v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked?

Jer. Taylor.

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

En*vyned" (?), a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.] Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

En*wall" (?), v. t. See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.

En*wal"low (?), v. t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.

So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore.

Spenser.

En*wheel" (?), v. t. To encircle. Shak.

En*wid"en (?), v. t. To widen. [Obs.]

En*wind" (?), v. t. To wind about; to encircle.

In the circle of his arms Enwound us both.

Tennyson.

En*wom"an (?), v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel.

En*womb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing.] 1. To conceive in the womb. [Obs.] Spenser.