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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enemy \En"e*my\, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.] They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. --Jer. Taylor. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enemy adj : of or belonging to an enemy; "enemy planes" [syn: {enemy(a)}] 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: {foe}, {foeman}, {opposition}, {opponent}] 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}] [ant: {ally}]
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