What does befriend mean?
Definitions for befriend
bɪˈfrɛndbe·friend
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word befriend.
Princeton's WordNet
befriendverb
become friends with
"John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"
Wiktionary
befriendverb
To make a friend of
befriendverb
To act as a friend to
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Befriendverb
To favour; to be kind to; to countenance; to shew friendship to; to benefit.
Etymology: from be and friend.
If it will please Cæsar
To be so good to Cæsar, as to hear me,
I shall beseech him to befriend himself. William Shakespeare, J. Cæsar.Now if your plots be ripe, you are befriended
With opportunity. John Denham, Sophy.See them embarked,
And tell me if the winds and seas befriend them. Addison.Be thou the first true merit to befriend;
His praise is lost, who stays till all commend. Alexander Pope.Brother-servants must always befriend one another. Jonathan Swift.
ChatGPT
befriend
To befriend means to establish a friendly relationship with someone or become a friend to someone. It involves acting in a supportive, encouraging, or amicable way towards the individual, creating an atmosphere of mutual trust, respect, and companionship.
Webster Dictionary
Befriendverb
to act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Befriend
be-frend′, v.t. to act as a friend to: to favour.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of befriend in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of befriend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of befriend in a Sentence
Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
Riess' mode of operation is to befriend women who resemble Pamela Hutchinsons and steal their identity.
The good befriend themselves.
Most people live sad lives because they have they have succeeded in designing and perfecting a path to sorrow thinking they are building a road to happiness. I will be happy if I befriend or even marry this rich fool, if I buy this worthless tool, if I sit on this corrupted stool, if I drown and kill myself in a debt pool, if I wear this dirty wool, if I ride on this dangerous bull.
From an evolutionary standpoint, it makes sense that women are wary of being touched by strangers, women have evolved mechanisms to be choosy about whom they mate with and to fear rape by a stranger. However, touch by friends is both relational -- women tend to befriend as a buffer against stress -- and pleasurable. Touch gives a nice boost of dopamine, the 'feel-good' hormone.
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- ofrecer amistadSpanish
- मित्रवत व्यवहार करनाHindi
- FAVEOLatin
- пријатељевати, prijateljevatiSerbo-Croatian
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