Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To behave as a friend to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act as a friend to; countenance, aid, or benefit; assist; favor: as, fortune befriended me.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
become afriend of, tomake friends with. - verb transitive, dated To act as a friend to, to assist.
- verb transitive To favor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become friends with
Etymologies
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Examples
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Personally, I find Mexicans very easy to befriend, that is, develop friendly acquaintances.
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Personally, I find Mexicans very easy to befriend, that is, develop friendly acquaintances.
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Rather get your staff to "befriend" their feelings by helping them articulate and share what they are experiencing.
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Emotionally Intelligent Manager--Be One! 2010
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Rather get your staff to "befriend" their feelings by helping them articulate and share what they are experiencing.
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Emotionally Intelligent Manager--Be One! 2010
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Rather get your staff to "befriend" their feelings by helping them articulate and share what they are experiencing.
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Emotionally Intelligent Manager--Be One! 2010
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Rather get your staff to "befriend" their feelings by helping them articulate and share what they are experiencing.
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Emotionally Intelligent Manager--Be One! 2010
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It's important to notice - become emotionally aware and acknowledge what you're feeling, and to ease and "befriend" the reaction by holding it in your heart, then letting the feeling ease out of your system.
Doc Childre: Tips To Prevent Holiday Stress And Avoid Faking The Holiday Spirit 2009
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In my Art of Attention posts I will offer specific direction for your attention, which will help you "befriend" of all the ideas you hold dear that aren't serving you and let them go; yielding the most sought-after openings for your body, mind and heart.
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If Kerry would have been elected there would have FOR SURE been more terrorist attacks because our President has these countries by their balls and Kerry would have just opened another can of worms by tryinig to "befriend" them.
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She wanted his esteem, and when he asked her to "befriend" Wolff, she knew she was never going to get it, not really.
The Key to Rebecca Follett, Ken, 1949- 1980
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