malamikigi

From malamiko +‎ -igi.

• IPA^(key): /malamikˈiɡi/
• Rhymes: -iɡi
• Hyphenation: mal‧a‧mik‧i‧gi

malamikigi (present malamikigas, past malamikigis, future malamikigos, conditional malamikigus, volitive malamikigu)

1. (transitive) to make an enemy / enemies of, to make (someone) hostile, to turn (someone) against (another person)
   • Vladimir Varankin, Metropoliteno,

     Sed por kio, ekzemple, ili agitas kontraŭ religio? Per tio ili nur malamikigas la kamparanojn!

     But why, for example, do they agitate against religion? All that does is to make enemies of the peasants.

   • Bertil Nilsson (translator), Orm la ruĝa (Röde Orm / The Long Ships) by Frans G. Bengtsson, Chapter 12,

     vi nun tre malamikigis al mi reĝon Harald kaj nin faris senprotektaj en lia regno.

     now you have made king Harald very hostile toward me, and as a result we have no protection in his realm.

   • Edmond Privat, Federala Sperto, Ĉapitro 22,

     Kiam disputis granda ŝtato kun malgranda, la delegito de neŭtrala regno kutime ricevis ĉiam la saman ordonon de sia registaro: “Subtenu la malgrandan laŭeble, sed ne malamikigu nin kun la granda [...]”

     When there was a dispute between a large country and a small one, the delegate from a neutral country always received the same order from his government: “Support the small [country] insofar as possible, but do not turn the large one against us”