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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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"Foe" Quotes from Famous Books

... kept up the fight, however, on the further side of the plateau. The cheering Gordons, the Manchesters and the Devons now flung themselves at the remnant of the foe. Suddenly a white flag was seen to flutter defeat from a kopje beyond the laager. On the instant the soldiers paused at the surprising notes of the "Cease fire," followed by the "Retire." For a moment ...

— Sir John French - An Authentic Biography • Cecil Chisholm

... felt our captive's charms— Her arts victorious triumphed o'er our arms; Britain to soft refinements less a foe, Wit grew polite, ...

— Theological Essays and Other Papers v2 • Thomas de Quincey

... wind, on his nearer approach showed to be a Saracen cavalier. "In the desert," saith an Eastern proverb, "no man meets a friend." The Crusader was totally indifferent whether the infidel, who now approached on his gallant barb as if borne on the wings of an eagle, came as friend or foe—perhaps, as a vowed champion of the Cross, he might rather have preferred the latter. He disengaged his lance from his saddle, seized it with the right hand, placed it in rest with its point half elevated, gathered up the reins in the left, waked his horse's mettle with the spur, and prepared ...

— The Talisman • Sir Walter Scott

... going to law, but by generously giving him his cloak also. When his enemy compels him to go a mile with him, he vanquishes the enemy by cheerfully going two miles with him. When he is smitten on one cheek, he wins his foe by meekly turning the other cheek. This is the law of the new life from Heaven, and only by recognising and obeying it can that new life be sustained and passed on to others. This is the narrow way which leads to life eternal, "and few there be that find it," or, finding ...

— When the Holy Ghost is Come • Col. S. L. Brengle

... ended, it was time to consult about the future course. As yet, the Pottawattamies had made no new discovery; but the sagacity of the red man was ever to be feared, when it came to be merely a question of finding his foe in ...

— Oak Openings • James Fenimore Cooper

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