Foe (?), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. f?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
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Foe (?), v. t. To treat as an enemy. [Obs.]
Spenser.
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