friend

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1. friend - Noun

2. friend - Verb

3. Friend - Proper noun

Meaning

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.

One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address.

One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution.

One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers.

A paramour of either sex.

To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.

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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder. Aristophanes

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. Aristotle

An old enemy never becomes a friend. Greek Proverb

A friend without flaws does not exist; if you look for flaws, you will be left without a friend. Chinese Proverb

An old enemy never becomes a friend. Turkish Proverb

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