\An`i*mos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Animosities}. [F.
animosit['e], fr. L. animositas. See {Animose}, {Animate}, v.
t.]
1. Mere spiritedness or courage. [Obs.] --Skelton.
         Such as give some proof of animosity, audacity, and
         execution, those she [the crocodile] loveth.
                                               --Holland.
2. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active
   enmity; energetic dislike. --Macaulay.
Syn: Enmity; hatred; opposition. -- {Animosity}, {Enmity}.
     Enmity be dormant or concealed; animosity is active
     enmity, inflamed by collision and mutual injury between
     opposing parties. The animosities which were continually
     springing up among the clans in Scotland kept that
     kingdom in a state of turmoil and bloodshed for
     successive ages. The animosities which have been
     engendered among Christian sects have always been the
     reproach of the church.
           Such [writings] as naturally conduce to inflame
           hatreds and make enmities irreconcilable.
                                               --Spectator.
           [These] factions . . . never suspended their
           animosities till they ruined that unhappy
           government.                         --Hume.