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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foe \Foe\, verb (used with an object) To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foe \Foe\ (f[=o]), noun [OE. fo, fa, AS. f[=a]h hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. [root]81. See {Fiend}, and cf. {Feud} a quarrel.]
1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
A man's foes shall be they of his own household. --Matt. x. 36
2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
A foe to received doctrines. --I. Watts
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foe
noun
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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