4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Foe \Foe\ (f[=o]), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. f[=a]h hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. [root]81. See {Fiend}, and cf. {Feud} a quarrel.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. [1913 Webster] A man's foes shall be they of his own household. --Matt. x. 36 [1913 Webster] 2. An enemy in war; a hostile army. [1913 Webster] 3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion. [1913 Webster] A foe to received doctrines. --I. Watts [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Foe \Foe\, v. t. To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: foe n 1: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies" [syn: {enemy}, {foeman}, {opposition}] 2: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years" [syn: {enemy}] [ant: {ally}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "foe": adversary, antagonist, archenemy, assailant, bitter enemy, combatant, devil, enemy, foeman, muddlement, open enemy, opponent, opposing party, opposite camp, public enemy, sworn enemy, the loyal opposition, the opposition
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