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Definition of Befriended
1. befriend [v] - See also: befriend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Befriended
Literary usage of Befriended
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... and reached the acting-brigadier at Mexico at first solely through the papers,
without his even knowing who had thus befriended him. ..."
2. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Exhausted and befriended fortunes.—The Companion.—Sir Ralph Esher.—Composition
of verse.—A poem with a commentary.— Active molecules. ..."
3. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1847)
"Befriended by his Mother. — Becomes a Preacher, and an Author. — His Jirst Books.
— Has a public Disputation. — Publishes his " Sandy Foundation Shaken. ..."
4. Audubon, the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time by Francis Hobart Herrick (1917)
"... with Swain- son—Marriage and embitterment—His second journey to America ends
in shipwreck—Befriended—Descends the Ohio in a flatboat—Visit with Audubon, ..."
5. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Classical, Mediæval, Legendary; Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"He disguises himself in female attire and is befriended by Therèse, who for a
time is ignorant of his sex. Auburn, Sweet, the scene of Goldsmith's poem, ..."
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