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enemied

enemied is the simple past and past participle of enemy.

Meaning of enemy

Verb

enemy (third-person singular simple present enemies, present participle enemying, simple past and past participle enemied)

  1. To make an enemy of.
    • These prelates and nobles, seeing themselves dispossessed by the death of this king don Alfonso, to whom they had adhered, and enemied with the king don Enrique his brother, whom they had deserted, were in great fear, dreading the indignation of the king, whom by letters and words they had much...1963, The Castles and the Crown: Spain, 1451-1555, page 51

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Adjective

enemied (comparative more enemied, superlative most enemied)

  1. Characterized by enmity.
    • Processes of mystification deny the existence of oppression in this setting, and as a result, antagonistic and often enemied relations between professors and students are understood minimally.1979, Valerie Polakow Suransky, Paulo Freire in Ann Arbor - Volumes 1-2, page 62
    • That's us in other but as part of it however special we think to be, however enemied and set apart we make of other, the way life fades to death and is in all is how we are.1996, William Bronk, The cage of age, page 64

Forms of enemied

comparativemore enemied
superlativemost enemied

Questions about enemied

What does enemied mean?
Enemied means characterized by enmity.
What is enemied the simple past and past participle of?
Enemied is the simple past and past participle of enemy.
What part of speech is enemied?
Enemied is an adjective.

Words near enemied in the dictionary

  1. enemata
  2. enematic
  3. enematize
  4. enemedia
  5. enemie
  6. enemied
  7. enemies
  8. enemies of the people
  9. enemies of the state
  10. enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
  11. enemies-to-lovers

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