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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. To all good he enemy was still --Spenser. I say unto you Love your enemies. --Matt. v. 44. {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 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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