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- verb Obsolete spelling of
envied ; simple past tense and past participle ofenvy .
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Examples
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Anyway's, I feel like those guys in highschool that i envyed.
lethalpickle Diary Entry lethalpickle 2001
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Tears involuntary flowed from my eyes, tho God is my witness, I envyed not the felicity of others.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 15 December 1783 1993
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The envyed embassy to a certain Islands is surrounded with so many thorns, that the Beauty and fragrance of the Rose, would be but a small compensation for the wounds which might be felt in the gatheiring and wearing it.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 - 13 December 1783 1993
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Grandeur of your House, or is it the Pleasure of imagining that others admired it and admired or envyed you for it that you regrett the Loss of?
John Adams diary 3, includes commonplace book entries, spring and summer 1759 1961
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The Deacon thought him a devout, pious Man, a Professer of Religion, a good Man, a Christian, &c., and a capable Man, and the best judge of Probate that ever we had, this 40 year, and that he had been envyed.
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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This Observation of his being envyed I have heard made by Nat
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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-- He was capable, and greatly promoted and therefore envyed, at the same Time a craving Man.
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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One may not sketch the career of Dr Marwood, who journeyed to London from these parts and cured 'a certain noble Lord, 'a favourite of Queen Elizabeth, but returned home because,' finding himselfe much envyed by the Court physitians, he thought he was not safe there! '
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote
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They are most seen and observed, and most envyed: Least Quiet, but most talkd of, and not often to their Advantage.
Part II. Of Ambition 1909
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In a word, wee yett enioy [enjoy] little to bee envyed but endure much to be pittyed in the sicknes & mortalitye of our people.
Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885
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