Definition of "befriended" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of befriend. (verb)

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• "In 2004, Mr Shin befriended an inmate who had escaped to China but who had been recaptured, and from him he learned about the world beyond the camp."
• "Worse yet, the clumsy neologism seems to have replaced the perfectly acceptable words "befriended" and "befriending.""
• "But, the flip side is that if you like Indian, Thai, Chinese or any other food from a nation once "befriended" by the British people, you can eat amazing food."