befriend

pronunciation

How to pronounce befriend in British English: UK [bɪˈfrend] word uk audio image

How to pronounce befriend in American English: US [bɪˈfrend] word us audio image

Verb:

become friends with

Word Origin

befriend (v.): 1550s, from be- + friend (n.). Related: Befriended; befriending.

Synonym

v.

make get with chummy know to friends acquainted

v.

sustain second back maintain aid under contribute for soothe wing one's support succour comfort solace console up boost stand assist to salve bestead patronize accommodate avail minister uphold take help

Example

1. Henry had decided to trust and befriend me .

2. To befriend others is a way of befriending one 's cheerier self too .

3. In damon knight 's 1950 short story " to serve man , " aliens befriend us only to eat us .

4. China will befriend ostracised regimes and encourage them to defy international norms .

5. They befriend gabriel , attempting to pull him back from oblivion .

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