Enemy
['enəmɪ] or ['ɛnəmi]
Definition
(noun.) any hostile group of people; 'he viewed lawyers as the real enemy'.
(noun.) an opposing military force; 'the enemy attacked at dawn'.
(noun.) an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); 'a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(a.) Hostile; inimical.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Foe, adversary.[2]. Opponent, antagonist.[3]. [With The prefixed.] Devil, Satan, arch-fiend.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FRIEND]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you overcome enemies, denotes that you will surmount all difficulties in business, and enjoy the greatest prosperity. If you are defamed by your enemies, it denotes that you will be threatened with failures in your work. You will be wise to use the utmost caution in proceeding in affairs of any moment. To overcome your enemies in any form, signifies your gain. For them to get the better of you is ominous of adverse fortunes. This dream may be literal.
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Examples
- Orders were to move cautiously with skirmishers to the front to feel for the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was the enemy, fine as a diamond, and as hard and jewel-like, the quintessence of all that was inimical. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This stand by the enemy was made more than two miles outside of his main fortifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thus the enemy, with a vastly superior force, was strongly fortified to the east, south, and west, and commanded the river below. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This would keep him between our garrisons in East Tennessee and the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Are you an enemy of the therns? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- What good can I do her, suppose--suppose the enemy arrive? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the extreme right, however, his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Everybody outside the Hellenic circle was a barbarian, and negligible save as a possible enemy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Each female cod has more than 9,000,000 eggs, but the numbers are kept down by a host of enemies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- However, I determined to cut all public amusements as soon as I knew Worcester to be in contact with the enemies of old England. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our enemies were a good half-hour behind us with no conception of our direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- These were not enemies; they were born among us, and yet we have killed them all. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Emma, why is it that they are your enemies? Jane Austen. Emma.
- His case will be still worse, if you suppose him to be everywhere surrounded and watched by enemies. Plato. The Republic.
- I have no enemies, replied Carriston, with great dignity; but even if I had, I would forgive them freely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Classicalism and invention are irreconcilable enemies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There can be no community between you and me; we are enemies. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They were made to pronounce the word Shibboleth and were easily detected as enemies when they pronounced it Sibboleth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Lord, help us to follow his steps, and love our enemies. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He will be in the midst of his enemies. Plato. The Republic.
- He was not a popular man, being somewhat cold and forbidding in his manners, but he had, as far as I know, no active enemies. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the general of our enemies be successful, it is with difficulty we allow him the figure and character of a man. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Mason