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befriend

[ bih-frend ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid:

    to befriend the lonely and the disregarded.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,



befriend

/ ɪˈڰɛԻ /

verb

  1. tr to be a friend to; assist; favour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲb·ڰԻĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of befriend1

First recorded in 1550–60; be- + friend
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In the late 1980s, Ms Lloyd was studying at a school of mime in London where she befriended magician Jenny Winstanley.

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As someone who has always felt like adults were easier to befriend even as a child, Ramsey says they get “quite intimidated” by people in their age group.

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While attending a New Hampshire boarding school in the late 1990s, Grace appeared in his first play and befriended a girl who worked on the set design.

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The runaway princess befriended not seven dwarfs but 13 giants, 17 thieves or 40 dragons when she sought refuge in Spain, Belgium or Algeria.

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At her last journalism job, for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, she befriended an administrator in the Los Angeles Unified School District who spent her fall Saturdays distributing statistics at USC football games.

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