Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            A woman does not envy a man for his fighting
            courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.
                                                  --Collier.

            Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
                                                  --Rambler.

   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.

            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.

Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. {Envies}. [F. envie, L. invidia envious;
   akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in
   against + videre to see. See {Vision}.]
   1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]

            If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to
            the people.                           --Shak.

   2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the
      sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied
      with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal
      advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of;
      as, they did this in envy of C[ae]sar.

            Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of
            another, or anger and displeasure at any good of
            another which we want, or any advantage another hath
            above us.                             --Ray.

            No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more.
                                                  --Milton.

            Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is
            emulation in the learned or brave.    --Pope.

   3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]

            Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous
            envy.                                 --Ford.

   4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]

            To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson.

   5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

            This constitution in former days used to be the envy
            of the world.                         --Macaulay.

Envy \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.

Source : WordNet®

envy
     n 1: a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have
          something possessed by another [syn: {enviousness}, {the
          green-eyed monster}]
     2: spite and resentment at seeing the success of another
        (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {invidia}]
     v 1: feel envious towards; admire enviously
     2: be envious of; set one's heart on [syn: {begrudge}]
     [also: {envied}]