"Envie" is a word in ENGLISH

To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

v. /AG- + R2/ to compete with each other, to rival each other. Agdidinnayo dagiti tallo nga ili. The three …

L. Fr. of hls or her life; of hls own life; as distinguished from pur autre vie, for another’s life. …

French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitae, under Aqua.

To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to …

Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence …

L. Fr. In life; alive. Britt, c. 50

Estate for another’s life. An estate ln lands which a man holds for the life of another person. 2 Bl. …

índis - Competition, contest, match, tournament, drive; to compete, contest, contend, vie with, play against. Mostly used with pa—. Paindisí …

labaw v {1} [B3; c] jut out higher than s.t. , stick out farther from the margin or limit. Milabaw …

The star chamber. La conscience est la plus changeante des regies. Conscience is the most changeable of rules. Bouv. Diet …

lúmay, lumáy - To give (administer) a philtre or love-potion, to charm, fascinate; enchant, bewitch, put (cast) a spell over. …

pabákas - To work hard, strive for the mastery, vie with, contend, compete, make great efforts. Pabákas kitá kon sín-o …

pabuyó-búyo - Dim. and Freq. of pabuyó. pabulúng – padalúndun padag-ánay, To compete against each other, contend with, vie with, …

padág-as - To compete, contend with, vie with, strive with, exert oneself much in order to outdo another. Padág-as (magpadág-as) …

padáug - To compete, try to outdo or subdue, contend, vie with, strive with. Nagapadag-ánay silá. They are competing with …

paindís-índis - To compete, contest, contend for, vie with, strive for with somebody else; competition, contest, race, match. Nagapaindísíndis silá …

palatiguná - (H) To aspire to—be first,— to come out on top; to vie, compete with. (cf. úna, pasiguná).