Friend(n.) 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.
Friend(n.) 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.
Friend(n.) 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.
Friend(n.) 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.
Friend(n.) A paramour of either sex.
Friend(v. t.) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend.
Friended(a.) Having friends;
Friended(a.) Inclined to love; well-disposed.
Friended(imp. & p. p.) of Friend
Friending(n.) Friendliness.
Friending(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Friend
Friendly(a.) Having the temper and disposition of a friend; disposed to promote the good of another; kind; favorable.
Friendly(a.) Appropriate to, or implying, friendship; befitting friends; amicable.
Friendly(a.) Not hostile; as, a friendly power or state.
Friendly(a.) Promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale.
Friendly(adv.) In the manner of friends; amicably; like friends.
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