English Dictionary: envy | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
E M F \E. M. F.\ (Physics) An abbreviation for {electro-motive force}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Embay \Em*bay"\, v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.] To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Embay \Em*bay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embaying}.] [Pref. em- + 1st bay.] To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay. If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Embow \Em*bow"\, v. t. To bend like a bow; to curve. [bd]Embowed arches.[b8] [Obs. or R.] --Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Emmove \Em*move"\, v. t. [For emove: cf. F. [82]mouvoir, L. emovere. See {Emotion}.] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.] | |
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Emove \E*move"\, v. t. To move. [Obs.] --Thomson. | |
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Enmove \En*move"\, v. t. See {Emmove}. [Obs.] | |
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Envie \En*vie"\, v. i. [See {Vie}.] To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Envoy \En"voy\, n. [F. envoy[82] envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See {Voyage}, and cf. {Invoice}.] 1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador. 2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi. The envoy of a ballad is the [bd]sending[b8] of it forth. --Skeat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Envy \En"vy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Envied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Envying}.] [F. envier.] 1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it. A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. --Collier. Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. --Rambler. 2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge. I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior. --Shak. Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. --Froude. 3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet. Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. --T. Gray. 4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.] If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall. --J. Fletcher. 5. To hate. [Obs.] --Marlowe. 6. To emulate. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Envy \En"vy\, n.; pl. {Envies}. [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See {Vision}.] 1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.] If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. --Shak. 2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of C[91]sar. Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. --Ray. No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. --Milton. Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. --Pope. 3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.] Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. --Ford. 4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.] To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. --B. Jonson. 5. An object of envious notice or feeling. This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Envy \En"vy\, v. i. 1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at. Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? --Jer. Taylor. 2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] [bd]He has . . . envied against the people.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
EMP /E-M-P/ See {spam}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ENOB {effective number of bits} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Envoy {Motorola}'s integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a {personal digital assistant} which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. It was announced on 7 March 1994 and released in the third quarter of 1994. It runs {Genral Magic}'s {Magic Cap} {operating system} and Telescript(TM) communications language on Motorola's {Dragon} chip set. This includes the highly integrated {Motorola 68349} processor and a special purpose {application specific integrated circuit} (ASIC) referred to as Astro. This chip set was designed specifically for {Magic Cap} and {Telescript}. A user can write on the Envoy communicator with the accompanying stylus or a finger, to type and select or move objects on its screen. An on-screen keyboard can be used to input information, draw or write personal notations, or send handwritten messages and faxes. Envoy can send a wireless message to another Envoy, {PC} or fax; broadcast a message to a group, with each member of that group receiving the message in their preferred format; gather information based on your requirements; schedule a meeting and automatically invite attendees; screen, route and organise messages; send a business card to another Envoy across a conference room table; access real-time scheduling and pricing information for US airline flights, then order tickets via fax or {electronic mail}; keep track of contacts through an address book; receive daily news summaries and stock information; capture, organize and review business and personal expenses on-the-go; gather, edit and analyze information in spreadsheets and graphs compatible with {Lotus 1-2-3} and {Excel}; shop in an electronic mall. {(http://www.motorola.com/MIMS/WDG/Technology/Envoy/)}. [Was it released in Q3 '94?] (1995-01-18) |