befriend
/bəˈfɹɛnd/ verb B2- To become a friend of (someone), to make friends with (someone).
- To act as a friend to (someone, especially a client) by providing companionship and support; to assist, to help.
- To benefit or favour (someone or something); also, to advocate or promote (someone or something).
Plural befriend · He/she/it befriends · Past befriended · Past participle befriended · -ing form befriending
Verb forms
- Base form
- befriend
- He/she/it
- befriends
- Past
- befriended
- Past participle
- befriended
- -ing form
- befriending
From the library
A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore.
But no such recollection befriended her.
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