1586. J. Hooker, Ireland, Ep. Ded. in Holinshed, Chron. You … haue through so much enuiengs … perseuered in your attempts.
1611. Bible, 2 Cor. xii. 20. Debates, enuyings, wraths, strifes. Ibid., Rom. xiii. 13. Let us walke … not in strife and enuying.
1658. Whole Duty Man, xiii. § 25. 103. This envying at God’s goodness to others, is in effect a murmuring against God.
1864. Mrs. Gatty, Parab. Nature, Ser. iv. 23. What could put comparisons, and envyings into their heads?
