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Definition of Envying
1. envy [v] - See also: envy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Envying
Literary usage of Envying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (1859)
"... evil suspicion'1; envying or grieving it the deserved credit of ... endeavouring
or desiring tc im- another, envying one another. Exod. iv. 10, 14. ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Or envying gods, in their immortal breasts, Gauls' glory; and fearing, lest the
antique giants, Should new uprise, ..."