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  • noun Obsolete spelling of enemy.

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Examples

  • "Allons-y" and "en avant" remind us of Sister's track shoes, and how she was always speeding forward, trying to catch up with her "pire ennemie" or worst enemy (poverty)

    yalla - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • "Allons-y" and "en avant" remind us of Sister's track shoes, and how she was always speeding forward, trying to catch up with her "pire ennemie" or worst enemy poverty

    yalla - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Who so had disclosed any secret to the ennemie, the Lawe commaunded his tongue to be cutte out of his heade.

    The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

  • West, Anguss, Mearnis, Stratherin, or Fyeff, in any nomber culd come to us; for the ennemie marched from Dumbar upoun the Sounday, and approched within two myles of us befoir the sone-rysing upoun Monunday; for thay verrelie supposed to have found no resistance, being assured that the

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Lard of Ricartoun, [871] did abait the corage of many; for we culd nocht feght nor stop the ennemie, bot under the mercie of the Castell and hole ordinance thairof.

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  • Quand l'entêté mangeur se fut décidé enfin à quitter la table et qu'il eut donné le signal de l'attaque, le grog de l'armée ennemie s'était rapprochée, l'occasion était perdue.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

  • Cragingatt, [866] which place we tooke for resisting the ennemie.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Halyburtoun, Provest of Dundie, was chosen a place of ground convenient for our defence; for it was so chosen, that upoun all sydis our ordinance mycht have bett the ennemie, and yit we have stand in saiftie, [828] gif we had bene persewed, till we had cumed to hand straikis.

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  • Alwais the ennemie tooke suche a fear, that thai determined nocht to invaid us whare we stoode, bot tooke purpose to have passed to Edinburgh, by the other syde of the Watter of Leyth, and that becaus thay had the Castell to thair freind, whiche was to us unknawin; for we supponed the Lord Erskin,

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • James, his sister sone, [869] and to the uther Noble men, [870] that he wald declair him selff boith ennemie to thame and to the town, and wald schoote at boith, gif thay maid any resistance to the Frenche men to enter in the town.

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