envoylt (envoi)

t. [ME. envoyen, L. viare, › OF. veier, voyer, travel): see via, voyage.] To send. Lydgate. ( Hall i well.) v. Shak., Rich. III., 1. 4. envoyl (en-voi'), n. [ envoye , envoy , envoy , F. envoi , a me age, a sending, the post- script to a poem, envoyer , send: see enroyl , Cf. invoice.] 1. Formerly, and sometimes still archaically, a postscript to a composition, particularly a ballade or other sentimental poem, to enforce or recommend it. It sometimes served as a dedication. As a title it was often, and is still occasionally, written with the French article, l'envoy or l'envoi (len-voi'). To envyrone that holy Lond with his ble ede Feet. Mandeville, Travels, p. 1. 3. Figuratively, to hedge about; involve; envelop: as, the undertaking was environed with difficulties. A good sherris-sack... ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish, and dull, and crudy vapours which environ it. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 8. The Blind Minstrel is a vigorous versifier... As a specimen of his graver style we may give his envoy or concluding lines. Craik , Eng. Lit., I. 390. 2. Figuratively, termination; end. orig. look askance at, cast an evil eye upon, Ffor the i diden so well, that the knyghtes of the rounde table ther-of hadde envye . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 455. All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Cæsar. IMG:content-0578.png:[blocks in formation] This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. Syn. 1. Jealousy , Envy. Jealousy is the malign feeling which is often had toward a rival, or po ible rival, for the po e ion of that which we greatly desire, as in love or ambition. Envy is a similar feeling toward one, whether rival or not, who already po e es that which we greatly desire. Jealousy is enmity prompted by fear; envy is enmity prompted by covetousne . Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot , Mill on the Flo , vi. 2. Envy is only a malignant, selfish hunger, casting its evil eye on the elevation or supposed happine of others. Bushnell , Sermons for New Life, p. 81. envyl (en'vi), v .; pret. and pp. envied , ppr. en vying . [Early mod. E. also envie ; vyen , envien , envier , anvier , F. envier , envy, long for, desire, = Pr. enveiar = Sp. envidiar = Pg . invejar It.in vid i are , envy; from the noun.] I. trans. 1. To regard with envy; look upon as the po e or of what is wanting in or to one's self, with a longing for it, and either with or IMG:content-0579.png:[blocks in formation] That grace which doth more than enwoman thee Lives in my lines, and must eternal be. Daniel, Sonnets, xlii. Eonycteris without a desire for the deprivation or discom- fiture of him who has it: often with both the po e or and the thing po e ed as objects. The verb often expre es a much milder feeling than that which is usually denoted by the noun one that may be 1t. To make pregnant. consistent with perfect friendship and loyalty: as, I envy you your good health; I envy you your happy temper. But the feeling of envy is apt to beget repugnance and ill will, and some degree of these qualities is generally im- plied by the verb as well as by the noun. Prov. iii. 31. So much the sweetne of your manners move, We cannot envy you, because we love. Dryden, Epistles, x. 34. Dim and remote the joys of saints I see, Nor envy them that heaven I lose for thee. Pope, Eloisa to Abelard, 1. Whoso envies another confe es his superiority. Me then he left enwombed of this childe. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 50. 2. To bury; hide as in a womb, pit, or cavern. [Poetical.] The Africk Niger stream enwombs Itself into the earth. Donne, Elegies. enworthyt (en-wer' Thi), v. t. [ worthy .] To make worthy. The gift of the Muses will enworthy him in his love. Bacon , in Spedding, I. 380. enwound (en-wound'). Preterit and past par- ticiple of enwind . 72. enwrap, enwrapped, etc. See inwrap , etc. enwreathe, v. t. See inwreathe. enwrite (en-rit'), v. t.; pret. enwrote, pp. en- written , ppr. enwriting . [ write .] To write upon something; inscribe; imprint. [Po- Johnson, Rambler. 2. To feel envy on account of; regard grudgingly or wistfully another's po e ion or experience of, either with or without malevolent feeling. Come, come, we know your meaning, brother Gloster, You envy my advancement, and my friends'. pose. etical.] IMG:content-0580.png:[blocks in formation] enwrought, p . a . See inwrought . Shak ., Rich. III., i. 3. Enyidæ (e-ni'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Enyo + -ida.] Go, go, poor soul, I envy not thy glory. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 1. Or climb his knee the envied ki to share. Gray, Elegy. 3t. To regard unfavorably; revolt against; opWhiche, regarding not their bounden dutie and obe i sance to their prynce & souerain Lord, enuied the punishment of traiters and torment of offenders. Hall, Hen. IV., an. 6. 4+. To do harm to; injure. If I make a lie To gain your love, and envy my best mistre , Pin me against a wall. Fletcher, Pilgrim, ii. 1. A family of retetelarian spiders, typified by the genus Enyo , and peculiar in the structure of the spinnerets. See Zodariida . Also Enyoida . Enyo (en'i-ō), n. [NL., Bell on a ).] 1. A genus of spiders, typical of the family Enyida . vigny and Audouin, 1825-7.-2. A genus of