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noun

Foe n.

One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. "A man's foes shall be they of his own household."

An enemy in war; a hostile army.

One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion. "A foe to received doctrines."

verb

Foe v. t. To treat as an enemy. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Foe" Quotes from Famous Books

... for Jesus! Ye soldiers of the Cross! Lift high his royal banner; It must not suffer loss: From victory unto victory His army will he lead, Till every foe is vanquished, ...

— Indian Methodist Hymn-book • Various

... self-distrust and very weariness, the great soul began to abandon the warfare it had waged inwardly against its own inclinations and the fascinations of its enemy, and to yield the first defences to the foe. It will remain written, as Dr. Newman's deliberate judgment, that it was the Liberals who forced him from Oxford. How far, if he had not taken that step, he might have again shaken off the errors which were growing on him—how far therefore in driving him ...

— Famous Reviews • Editor: R. Brimley Johnson

... is always so to stimulate, by proper exercise, the growing organs that they shall grow faster and further than they ever could without our aid. We are not to always hasten it. This is one thing we must bear in mind: precocity is the worst foe of a sound education. It is the boy and the girl who mature slowly but mature surely that in the end possess the earth. We must not hasten the process, but when we find the organ is ready to grow and develop, then we must give it adequate stimulus. In other words, the stimulus must be of the right ...

— Parent and Child Vol. III., Child Study and Training • Mosiah Hall

... than the European's; his arm is strong, but not so strong as the European's; the swing of his razor-like scimitar is terrible, but an English trooper's downright blow splits the skull. Why then does the latter fail? The light-weighted horse of the dark swordsman carries him round his foe with elastic bounds, and the strong European, unable to deal the cleaving blow, falls under the activity ...

— A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses • J. S. Rarey

... Enemy. — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman[obs3]; open enemy, bitter enemy,; opponent &c. 710; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society. Phr. every hand being against one; " he makes no friend who never made a foe " [Tennyson]. with friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my friends; ...

— Roget's Thesaurus

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