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befriend

[ bih-frend ]

/ bɪˈfrɛnd /

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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 of befriend

First recorded in 1550–60; be- + friend

SYNONYMS FOR befriend

assist, comfort, succor; welcome.

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OTHER WORDS FROM befriend

un·be·friend·ed, adjective

Words nearby befriend

before you can say jack robinson, before you know it, beforehand, beforetime, befoul, befriend, befuddle, beg, beg off, beg the question, beg to differ

Example sentences from the Web for befriended

In 1950, Serna earned his Ph.D. from the University of Havana, where he had befriended a classmate named Fidel Castro.

Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro |Doug McIntyre |December 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
One Depression-era family the Kallisons befriended was that of Walter Sachtleben.

‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas |Nick Kotz |September 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Scott befriended Brooks, 18, a 2013 graduate of The Haverford School.

From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams |Olivia Nuzzi |April 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tapsic befriended Triplett while the two were at Penn State.

Playing Pinochle and Breaking Barriers With Jackie Robinson |Evan Weiner |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

They fought alongside them, healed them, and often befriended them.

The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’ |The Telegraph |March 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I declare, Mr. Maitland, I think your usual luck must have befriended you here.

Tony Butler |Charles James Lever
Joe remained in good spirits, for had not Mr. Elliott befriended him?

Quintus Oakes |Charles Ross Jackson
But dearest of all is remembrance of the evening long ago when he befriended us at Sutter's Fort.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate |Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
I trust, Signor Corsini, there are no reservations in your expressions of loyalty to those who have advanced and befriended you?

The Intriguers |William Le Queux
It may be that he remembered also that the Turks had befriended his own race when the Russians had been their bitterest enemies.

The Earl of Beaconsfield |James Anthony Froude

British Dictionary definitions for befriended

befriend

/ (bɪˈfrɛnd) /

verb

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