These are the meanings of the letters LNEVY when you unscramble them.
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Envy (n.)
An object of envious notice or feeling.
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Envy (n.)
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 Caesar.
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Envy (n.)
Emulation; rivalry.
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Envy (n.)
Malice; ill will; spite.
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Envy (n.)
Public odium; ill repute.
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Envy (v. i.)
To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.
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Envy (v. i.)
To show malice or ill will; to rail.
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Envy (v. t.)
To do harm to; to injure; to disparage.
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Envy (v. t.)
To emulate.
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Envy (v. t.)
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.
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Envy (v. t.)
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.
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Envy (v. t.)
To hate.
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Envy (v. t.)
To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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Levy (n.)
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
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Levy (n.)
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
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Levy (n.)
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
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Levy (n.)
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
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Levy (v. i.)
To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
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Levy (v. t.)
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
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Levy (v. t.)
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
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Levy (v. t.)
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
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Levy (v. t.)
To raise, as a siege.
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Levy (v. t.)
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
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Levy (v. t.)
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.