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befriend

[bih-frend]

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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:
1550–60; be- + friend

Related forms

un·be·friend·ed, adjective

Synonyms
assist, comfort, succor; welcome.

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One of the best byproducts of my cancer is that it has helped me befriend weakness.

My former colleague with the puppies was, in his own unique way, simply trying to befriend me.

By the end of the year some of them even attempted to befriend us.

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One of the best byproducts of my cancer is that it has helped me befriend weakness.

My former colleague with the puppies was, in his own unique way, simply trying to befriend me.

By the end of the year some of them even attempted to befriend us.

Ashley, a sweet-faced freshman, is the first to befriend me.

But the social aspect is actually quite distinctive, as members need to befriend each other and collaborate.

And the families sometimes befriend foreign students from their children's birth countries.

China will befriend ostracised regimes and encourage them to defy international norms.

However, she is terrified of my husband and cowers and runs away from him whenever he tries to befriend her.

Shortly after, four storybook characters come to life and befriend her.

People only befriend someone if they have something to gain from that friendship.

The experience is life-changing for both the children and the families that befriend them.

The demographic you are aiming to befriend is retiring.

CrimeStrike implies that to befriend city kids is to befriend criminals.

Kidnapped for a ransom that turns out no one will pay, an obnoxious businessman attempts to befriend his kidnapper.

David slowly begins to realize that nearly everyone he has come to befriend in the city is gay.

White said, he would go out and befriend a woman at a bar.

His way is to befriend them, soften them up, try to make them feel he cares about them.

They are enthusiastic, and the way they interact and befriend young vacationers is heartwarming.

Except they wind up running scared, and you befriend the hobo.

Do befriend people in other departments and work to collaborate with them.

One of the unusual moves he makes is to befriend a baby antelope, normally a brief snack for a wolf.

If you don't befriend the secretaries and the janitors, your life can really become hell.

The two outsiders befriend each other and eventually fall in.

Of course, these busy social networkers don't actually post journal entries or befriend playground acquaintances themselves.

Gay teenagers tend to go out of their way to befriend youths of other races or those who are stigmatized for their looks.

However, he does befriend a wolf pack and a couple of rather special ravens, so it's not all bad.

Let them befriend it and work their imagination on.

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World English Dictionary

befriend (bɪˈfrɛnd)

—vb
	(tr) to be a friend to; assist; favour

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Word Origin & History

befriend

1550s, from be- + friend (q.v.).

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