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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

inimicalis

, fr.

inimicus

unfriendly, hostile; pref.

in-

not +

amicus

friendly. See

Having the disposition or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; unfavorable; – chiefly applied to private, as hostile is to public, enmity.

Opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; antagonistic; inconsistent; incompatible; adverse; repugnant.

We are at war with a system, which, by its essence, is

inimical

to all other governments.

Burke.

Adj.

[L. inimiens; in and amicus, a friend.]

Unfriendly; having the disposition or temper of an enemy; applied to private enmity, as hostile is to public.

Adverse; hurtful; repugnant.

--Savage violences inimical to commerce.