envié, -e, part., envied. Il est — de tout le monde; he is envied by everybody.
☉*envieilli, -e, adj., inveterate, long-established, old, of long standing; hardened. V. endurci, invétéré.
☉*envieillir, v.a., to make one look old. V. vieillir.
envier, v.a., to envy, to be envious of, to grudge; to desire, to long for, to wish for. Je ne lui envie point sa bonne fortune; I do not envy him his good fortune.
envieu-x, -se, adj., envious, jealous. Se faire des —; to excite envy.
enviné, -e, adj., smelling of wine. Ce baril est —; that cask smells of wine.
environ, adv., about, nearly, thereabouts.
environnant, -e, adj., surrounding.
environner, v.a., to surround; to stand round; to encompass, to beset; to environ; to encircle, to inclose. — d’une balustrade; to inclose with a rail. Les gardes qui environnaient le prince; the guards who stood round the prince. L’éclat qui l’environne; the splendor which surrounds him.