befriend

== English == === Etymology === From be- +‎ friend. Compare Saterland Frisian befrüündje (“to befriend”), Dutch bevrienden (“to befriend”), German Low German befründen (“to befriend”), German befreunden (“to befriend”). Compare also West Frisian befreone (“befriended”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bĭfrĕnd, IPA(key): /bɪˈfɹɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === befriend (third-person singular simple present befriends, present participle befriending, simple past and past participle befriended) (transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with. 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, p. 143. Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me. (transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist. (transitive) To favor. ==== Antonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “befriend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.