[syn: foe, enemy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enemy \En"e*my\, n.; pl. Enemies. [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from
L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.]
One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or
attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an
enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
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To all good he enemy was still. --Spenser.
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I say unto you, Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44.
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The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is
construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular
or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we
have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
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It was difficult in such a country to track the
enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enemy \En"e*my\, a.
Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
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They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer.
Taylor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enemy
n 1: an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
2: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
3: any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real
enemy"
4: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
[syn: foe, enemy] [ant: ally, friend]