as in to friend
to become a friend to (someone)
He befriended the new student.
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It is based on the eponymous 2010 movie about a young Viking named Hiccup who aspires to follow his tribe’s tradition of becoming a dragon slayer but instead ends up befriending one with a cat-like face.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
By befriending a sentient egg sandwich (voiced by Natasha Lyonne) who teaches them how to count cards, Safdie and Bert make a fortune at Mohegan Sun and return triumphantly to Sesame Street with 10 years’ rent.
—David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mulholland Drive follows an aspiring actress (Watts) who befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) after arriving in Los Angeles.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
By befriending a sentient egg sandwich (voiced by Natasha Lyonne) who teaches them how to count cards, Safdie and Bert make a fortune at Mohegan Sun and return triumphantly to Sesame Street with 10 years’ rent.
—David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
In 2022, the silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for more than $488,000.
—Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mulholland Drive follows an aspiring actress (Watts) who befriends an amnesiac woman (Harring) after arriving in Los Angeles.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Befriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befriend. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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