as in to friend
to become a friend to (someone)
He befriended the new student.
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Phelps had befriended Spoerndle when the club first opened its doors and traded the free admission card he was given for a permanent staff position.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Because of those early showdowns, the girls started to know, and later befriend, one another.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
That challenge fell to Carlo Rambaldi, the Oscar-winning visual effects wiz and animatronics pioneer behind the extraterrestrial who’s stranded on Earth and befriends a boy and his family.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Using his advanced age to good use, De Niro is a charmer playing the genial, friendly grandpa front Hale uses to befriend the Osage and ingratiate himself into their community.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Because of those early showdowns, the girls started to know, and later befriend, one another.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
That challenge fell to Carlo Rambaldi, the Oscar-winning visual effects wiz and animatronics pioneer behind the extraterrestrial who’s stranded on Earth and befriends a boy and his family.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Using his advanced age to good use, De Niro is a charmer playing the genial, friendly grandpa front Hale uses to befriend the Osage and ingratiate himself into their community.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for befriend
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befriend. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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