Definition of friend

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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..

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Twit :: Twit (v. t.) To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood..
Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour..
Conciliate :: Conciliate (v. t.) To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Favorable :: Favorable (n.) Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance..
Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Amphidromical :: Amphidromical (a.) Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
Ostracize :: Ostracize (v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends..
Chum :: Chum (n.) A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend..
Hicksite :: Hicksite (n.) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827..
Favor :: Favor (n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending..
Proxene :: Proxene (n.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.
Friend :: 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..
Survivor :: Surviving (a.) Remaining alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs..
All :: All (adv.) Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement..
Escort :: Escort (n.) Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend..
Company :: Company (n.) The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
Federal :: Federal (a.) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist..
Place :: Place (n.) To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend..
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