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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend.

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Examples

  • For TRINKET, I only had one new idea … _ Since she can’t remember her name when the story starts, and the first people she befriends is Matlee, and his main passion is plants, then maybe he could nickname her “Clover” until her memory returns?

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trollitrade’s Review Forum 2009

  • Those voices who rightly proselytised the need to keep a weather eye on the police and other organs of the state, have suddenly fallen silent when the potential miscreant turned out to be a fabulously wealthy Australian-born, naturalised US citizen with a (possibly erroneous) reputation of helping those he 'befriends' get into office.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • Those voices who rightly proselytised the need to keep a weather eye on the police and other organs of the state, have suddenly fallen silent when the potential miscreant turned out to be a fabulously wealthy Australian-born, naturalised US citizen with a (possibly erroneous) reputation of helping those he 'befriends' get into office.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • Airing Thursdays at 8:30/7:30c, this modern take on The Odd Couple stars Dillon as Bert Lansing, an army veteran and gym owner/trainer who befriends the etiquette-obsessed Andrew David Hornsby.

    From Johnny Drama to Gentleman: Kevin Dillon Says Being Mr. Comedy Is a "Victory" 2011

  • Rob Riggle guest-stars as an offbeat but also maybe a little off mailman who befriends Dave and Brad.

    Sweeps Roundup: Nov. 21-27 2011

  • The woman is able to secure a seat the next day, at which point the man befriends and beds another waiting passenger.

    The Nightmare Of Real Things Sam Sacks 2011

  • Gosling is channeling Steve McQueen as he plays the Driver, a man of few words who befriends the married woman living next day played incongruously by Carey Mulligan, who is a good actress but whom I never bought for a moment was part of this world.

    Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011

  • The equally numerically descriptive 2 Broke Girls stars Kat Dennings as a sassy waitress who reluctantly befriends privileged but now broke girl Caroline Beth Behrs.

    Fall TV Popularity Contest: Did You Like 2 Broke Girls or The Playboy Club? 2011

  • Gosling is channeling Steve McQueen as he plays the Driver, a man of few words who befriends the married woman living next day played incongruously by Carey Mulligan, who is a good actress but whom I never bought for a moment was part of this world.

    Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011

  • But Michael soon befriends a pair of young boys roughly his own age, one of whom he recognizes from his boarding school back home.

    A Floating World Martin Rubin 2011

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