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befriends

  • present tense form
    of befriend (3rd person singular).
    befriend
    verb (used with object)
    to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid.

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He stars alongside Ben Kingsley, whose pompous thespian Trevor Slattery befriends Simon while secretly working with the nefarious Department of Damage Control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Once she settles in, the girl befriends other spirits and wins them over with her acceptance and understanding — including a few shunned by everyone else, like the famous No-Face.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Lise has run-ins with other passengers aboard her flight and, once at her destination, befriends a bumbling, dotty widow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Hiccup befriends the young dragon, Toothless, challenging Viking certainties and the conflict with the dragons.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

Insects are beset not only by viruses and bacteria but also by fungi, protozoa, microscopic worms, and other beings from all that unseen world of minute life that, by and large, befriends mankind.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson