Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. · To rival (something), etc. · To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. · To stake; to wager.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA contest.
Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō.
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