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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Foe \Foe\ (f[=o]), n. [OE. fo, fa, AS. f[=a]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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Foe \Foe\, v. t.
     To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foe
       n 1: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
            military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
            enemies" [syn: {enemy}, {foeman}, {opposition}]
       2: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
          [syn: {enemy}] [ant: {ally}]

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