Befriend
[bɪ'frend]
Definition
(verb.) become friends with; 'John and Eric soon became friends'; 'Have you made friends yet in your new environment?'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Favor, encourage, patronize, countenance, assist, help, aid, benefit, act as a friend to, do a good turn for, be kind to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assist, countenance, support, advocate, promote, protect, defend
ANT:Oppose, di?countenanced, withstand, thwart, decry, defame, oppress, annoy
Typist: Shane
Definition
v.t. to act as a friend to: to favour.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
v.t. To make an ingrate.
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Examples
- If you have, don't expect me to befriend you when you get back to England. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Whatever happens, you will befriend me, Mr. Moore? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I would befriend Jezebel herself if you asked me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Now promise to befriend me--to keep Mr. Sympson away from me, not to let Henry come near, lest I should hurt him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was her last farewell word to the old man who had done his best--thank God, always done his best--to befriend her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Amelia must come and see her and befriend her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But no such recollection befriended her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Akin to these are the suggestively-befriended beggars. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Can I ever forget her who so befriended the friendless orphan? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I tell you this, only to show you the necessity of the poor little foolish affectionate creature's being befriended and rescued. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When you were quite poor, who was it that befriended you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Tom's basket was weighed and approved; and he looked, with an anxious glance, for the success of the woman he had befriended. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am not at all sure that I should be befriending your son by smoothing his way to the future possession of Featherstone's property. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If you like her, go and see her, Miss Swartz; she wants friends now; and I say, God bless everybody who befriends her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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