verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A group of soldiers befriended my brothers and me during the war.
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His parents befriended some American soldiers who served in Wales during World War II.
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It's fairly unusual for high school seniors to befriend freshmen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bosses were not always eager to befriend trainees.
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He had learned that it was not to befriend his subordinates, nor to compete with or dominate them.
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He ruled with justice and mercy, befriending the Moors rather than seeking to overpower them with his presence.
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In a park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one summer afternoon I befriend a little old retired Latin teacher.
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Its sponsor, a local arts patron named Clara Bates, befriended the teenager and installed him in her carriage house.
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Joan herself was a widow, and as an ex-nurse she befriended Stanley and began to care for him.
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Some dignitaries did befriend her, usually to get her away from their own localities.
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The bookmaker told Kalra he had befriended Cronje and was planning to fix the matches scheduled to be held in March.