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View definitions for befriend

befriend

verb as in make social acquaintance

verb as in support, help

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Two people were seen leaving the building where she was found, including a woman Aishat had befriended not long before her death.

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An investigation conducted by the Mexican state attorney general’s Specialized Prosecutor’s Office in Crimes Against Life determined that Raya arrived at the location on the night of April 27 and befriended the men.

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Ninety-five percent said they would help peers who were feeling down, and nearly 90% wanted to befriend students they didn’t know.

The family lived in a cottage nearby and befriended members of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who stayed at the inn for spring training during World War II.

“There’s this whole stress response that we call ‘tend or befriend,'” she explained.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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