Part 3841

<blockquote>On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly <b>envenomed</b>. <i>Sir G. C. Lewis.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Envermeil</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*ver"meil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>vermeil</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>envermeiller</ets>. See <er>Vermil</er>.]</ety> <def>To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Enviable</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En"vi*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Envy</er>.]</ety> <def>Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.</def>

<blockquote>One of most <b>enviable</b> of human beings. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>En"vi*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>En"vi*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Envie</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vie"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Vie</er>.]</ety> <def>To vie; to emulate; to strive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Envier</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En"vi*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.</def>

<h1>Envigor</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En*vig"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To invigorate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Envious</h1> <Xpage=499>

<hw>En"vi*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>envios</ets>, F. <ets>envieux</ets>, fr. L. <ets>invidiosus</ets>, fr. <ets>invidia</ets> envy. See <er>Envy</er>, and cf. <er>Invidious</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Each <b>envious</b> brier his weary legs doth scratch. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by <i>of</i>, <i>at</i>, and <i>against</i>; <as>as, an <ex>envious</ex> man, disposition, attack; <ex>envious</ex> tongues.</as></def>

<blockquote>My soul is <b>envious</b> of mine eye. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Neither be thou <b>envious</b> at the wicked. <i>Prov. xxiv. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Inspiring envy.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>He to him leapt, and that same <b>envious</b> gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Excessively careful; cautious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>No men are so <b>envious</b> of their health. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>En"vi*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>En"vi*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Environ</h1> <Xpage=499>