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HOS'TILE, a. L. hostilis, from hostis, an enemy, that is, a foreigner.

1. Belonging to a public enemy designating enmity, particularly public enmity, or a state of war inimical as a hostile band or army a hostile force hostile intentions.
2. Possessed by a public enemy as a hostile country.
3. Adverse opposite unfriendly. But the word is not properly applied to private enmity, or mere unfriendliness.
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Entry for 'Hostile'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​h/hostile.html.
 
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