envy2+ (envi)

[ Let later age that noble use envy, Vyle rancour to avoid and cruel surquedry. Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 13. II. in trans. To strive; contend; vie. As thogh the erthe envye wolde To be gayer than the heven. Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 406.