Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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. Kent.
3. Adverse; opposite; unfriendly. [But the word is not properly applied to private enmity, or mere unfriendliness.]