befriend
[bih-frend]
verb (used with object)
Origin of befriend
Synonyms for befriend
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Related Words for befriend
advise, patronize, assist, help, uphold, welcome, back, favor, benefit, sustain, encourage, aidExamples from the Web for befriend
Contemporary Examples of befriend
Which itself, in turn, makes it harder to befriend people from the other side.
You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
But whatever their private feeling, politicians have been keen to befriend a critical power-broker.
Historical Examples of befriend
We can convey the intelligence of your mischance to her: the porter will befriend you.
Calderon The CourtierEdward Bulwer-Lytton
If you have, don't expect me to befriend you when you get back to England.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
"Then you won't find me slow to befriend you," said Mr. Dunbar.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
When I first knew her she was lonely and strange, and I tried to befriend her.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
Grown beyond her consoling, and knows that she cannot befriend him.
PoemsWilliam D. Howells
befriend
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