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BEFRIEND
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they befriend ... he / she / it befriends
Past simple: befriended
Past participle: befriended
-ing form: befriending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become friends with
Example:
Have you made friends yet in your new environment?
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "befriend" is one way to...):
attach; bind; bond; tie (create social or emotional ties)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "befriend"):
chum up; pal; pal up (become friends; act friendly towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples:
A good deal of interest was abroad concerning the dog which landed when the ship struck, and more than a few of the members of the S. P. C. A., which is very strong in Whitby, have tried to befriend the animal.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She put her hand—its touch was like no other hand—upon my arm for a moment; and I felt so befriended and comforted, that I could not help moving it to my lips, and gratefully kissing it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: I felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow; and as he closed the door after him, all the room darkened and my heart again sank: inexpressible sadness weighed it down.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
