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[ bih-frend ] SHOW IPA
/ bɪˈfrɛnd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid: to befriend the poor and the weak.
Origin of befriend First recorded in 1550–60; be- + friend
SYNONYMS FOR befriend assist, comfort, succor; welcome.
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OTHER WORDS FROM befriend un·be·friend·ed, adjective Words nearby befriend before the wind, beforetime, before you can say Jack Robinson, before you know it, befoul, befriend , befuddle, beg, begad, began, begar
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Example sentences from the Web for befriend Which itself, in turn, makes it harder to befriend people from the other side.
Red Date, Blue Date | Megan McArdle| October 30, 2012| DAILY BEAST
You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Strangers in a Strange Land | Emily L. Hauser| September 7, 2012| DAILY BEAST
But whatever their private feeling, politicians have been keen to befriend a critical power-broker.
Knives Out Against Murdoch | William Underhill| July 7, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Mr. Flaxman was always there to befriend or amuse his sister's protégés—always there, but never in the way.
Robert Elsmere | Mrs. Humphry Ward
Even after this date Southampton continued to befriend Florio for many years.
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 | Arthur Acheson
Afghans Afraid to Befriend us I now set to work to collect supplies for the winter.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh Roberts
When he was gone, Lakshmi said: "My child, do not fear; I'll befriend you."
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
I hope that your Ladyship will befriend him with your counsel and countenance in that country, where he is a stranger.
Letters of Samuel Rutherford | Samuel Rutherford
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British Dictionary definitions for befriend verb (tr) to be a friend to; assist; favour
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