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Henri's desire or hangnail
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envie
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Envie is a comune (municipality) in the province of Cuneo , Piedmont , northern Italy , located about southwest of Turin and about northwest of Cuneo . The municipality of Envie contains the frazione (subdivision) Occa. Envie borders the following municipalities: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Envie \En*vie"\, v. i. [See Vie .] To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context obsolete English) To vie; to emulate; to strive.
Usage examples of envie.
In this manner he made all the standers by to laugh exceedingly, but my evill fortune which was ever so cruell against me, whom I by travell of so many countreys could in no wise escape, did more and more envie me, with invention of new meanes to afflict my poore body in giving me a new Master as spitefull as the rest.
Thus while he spake, each passion dimm'd his face Thrice chang'd with pale, ire, envie and despair, Which marrd his borrow'd visage, and betraid Him counterfet, if any eye beheld.