Definition of Befriended

1. Verb. (past of befriend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Befriended

1. befriend [v] - See also: befriend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Befriended

befortuning
befoul
befouled
befouler
befoulers
befouling
befoulment
befoulments
befouls
beframe
befret
befrets
befretted
befretting
befriend
befriended (current term)
befriender
befrienders
befriending
befriendment
befriendments
befriends
befrill
befrilled
befrilling
befrills
befringe
befringed
befringes
befringing

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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