1. (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects.

2. (v. t.) To hold or harbor with malicioua disposition or purpose; to cherish enviously.

3. (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

4. (v. i.) To feel compunction or grief.

5. (n.) Sullen malice or malevolence; cherished malice, enmity, or dislike; ill will; an old cause of hatred or quarrel.

6. (n.) Slight symptom of disease.

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