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Word Meanings - ENEMY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

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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 , 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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  • RIVALESS
    A female rival. Richardson.
  • ANTAGONIST
    A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it. (more info) 1. One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's
  • ASSAILANT
    Assailing; attacking. Milton.
  • ANTAGONISTIC; ANTAGONISTICAL
    Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.
  • COMPETITOR
    1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival. And can not brook competitors in love. Shak. 2. An associate; a confederate. Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their
  • RIVALSHIP
    Rivalry. B. Jonson.
  • RIVALRY
    The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. "Keen contention and eager rivalries." Jeffrey. Syn. -- Emulation; competition. See Emulation.
  • COMPETITORY
    Acting in competition; competing; rival.
  • ADVERSARY
    One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe. His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak. Agree with thine adversary
  • ENEMY
    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
  • OPPONENT
    Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic. Pope. (more info) or place against, to oppose; ob + ponere to place. See
  • RIVALITY
    1. Rivalry; competition. 2. Equality, as of right or rank. hak.
  • RIVAL
    having the same brook in common, rivals, fr. rivalis belonging to a 1. A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner. If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, The rivals of my watch, bid them make haste. Shak. 2. One who is in
  • NONARRIVAL
    Failure to arrive.
  • CORRIVAL
    A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. Shak.
  • ARCHENEMY
    A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton.
  • QUADRIVALVULAR
    Having four valves; quadrivalve.
  • TRIVALVULAR
    Having three valves; three-valved.
  • TRIVALENCE
    The quality or state of being trivalent.
  • QUADRIVALENCE
    The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
  • OUTRIVAL
    To surpass in a rivalry.
  • QUADRIVALENT
    Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
  • SHRIVALTY
    Shrievalty. Johnson.
  • TRIVALVE
    Anything having three valves, especially a shell.

 

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