befriend - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

Open English WordNet

become friends with“John and Eric soon became friends”“Have you made friends yet in your new environment?”More general bind, tieMore specific pal, pal up

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Be·friend′ (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Befriended; present participle & verbal noun Befriending.]

To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

By the darkness befriended.— Henry W. Longfellow

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

BEFRIEND, v.t. To make an ingrate.