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feud(1) (iou)



feud noun1 & verb. [fju:d] ME.

A. noun.
Active hatred, hostility, ill will. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
A state of bitter and lasting mutual hostility, esp. between two families, tribes, or individuals, marked by murderous assaults in revenge for previous injury. LME.
E. A. Freeman Carrying out an ancestral deadly feud. F. Fitzgerald The Catholics..and old-fashioned political parties continued their fierce blood feuds.
A quarrel, contention. M16.
C. S. Forester Jimmy and Doris quarrelled ceaselessly..continuing a feud that..originated some time back.
b. verb intrans. Conduct a feud. L17.
K. Crossley-Holland If..feuding families could not settle a dispute..it was brought before a court.