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Webster 1913 Edition


Befriend

Be-friend′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Befriended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Befriending
.]
To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.
By the darkness
befriended
.
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Befriend

BEFRIEND

,
Verb.
T.
befrend'. [be and friend.] To favor; to act as a friend to; to countenance,aid or benefit.