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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