ENMITY Definition & Meaning

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enmity

[ en-mi-tee ]

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noun

plural enmities.

a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
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(in a video game) the targeting for attack of a player character by an enemy, and the circumstance-specific strength of that targeting for any particular character; hate; aggro: Use the character’s ranged attack to get enmity.
Your tank needs to be spamming “Provoke” at that mob to increase his enmity, or else it’s going to turn and target your mages.
Use the character’s ranged attack to get enmity.

enmity

/ ˈɛ�Գ�ɪ��ɪ /

noun

a feeling of hostility or ill will, as between enemies; antagonism

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of enmity¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English enemite, enmite, from Old French enemi(s)tie, from unattested Vulgar Latin ��Ծ��ī��- (stem of ��Ծ��ī�� ), equivalent to Latin ��Ծ��ī��(�ܲ�) “(personal ) enemy” + -��- abstract noun suffix; enemy, -ity

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of enmity¹

C13: from Old French ��Ա𳾾��پ�é, from enemi enemy

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That battle “separated us a lot” politically, he said, but lingering internal enmity largely dissipated after the ordeal of fighting the Palisades fire.

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But the two countries share enmity toward Iran and have indirectly cooperated to stop its attacks in the region.

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Against England - the rivals against whom both history and enmity run deepest - it is always tight.

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Burundi has been a natural ally of DR Congo over years because of its enmity with Rwanda.

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For 153 years of past rivalry, recent episodes of enmity and the three weeks ahead of these sides, that is what mattered in this fixture.

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