Foe (?), v. t. To treat as an enemy. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Foe (fō), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. fāh hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. √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