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English Dictionary: enemy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enemy n an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn" an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" Synonym(s): enemy, foe, foeman, opposition any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" Synonym(s): foe, enemy Antonym(s): ally, friend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enemy \En"emy\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enemy \En"emy\, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.] They . . . every day grow more enemy* to God. --Jer. Taylor.