Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
ENVY
I. noun (plural envies) see: wit
Date: 13th century
painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage, malice , an object of envious notice or feeling ,
II. verb (envied; envying)
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to feel envy toward or on account of, begrudge , intransitive verb to feel or show envy, envyingly adverb