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   Friend (frĕnd), n. [OE. frend, freond, AS. freónd, prop. p. pr. of freón, freógan, to love; akin to D. vriend friend, OS. friund friend, friohan to love, OHG. friunt friend, G. freund, Icel. frændi kinsman, Sw. frände. Goth. frijōnds friend, frijōn to love. √83. See Free, and cf. Fiend.]
   1. One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society and welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant.
   
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   Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. Dryden.
   
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   A friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Prov. xviii. 24.
   
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   2. 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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   Friend, how camest thou in hither? Matt. xxii. 12.
   
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   3. 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”.
   
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   4. 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.
   
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   America was first visited by Friends in 1656. T. Chase.
   
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   5. A paramour of either sex. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   A friend at court or A friend in court, one disposed to act as a friend in a place of special opportunity or influence. -- To be friends with, to have friendly relations with. “He's . . . friends with Cæsar.” Shak. -- To make friends with, to become reconciled to or on friendly terms with. “Having now made friends with the Athenians.” Jowett (Thucyd.).
   
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   Friend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Friended; p. pr. & vb. n. Friending.] To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. [Obs.]
   
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   Fortune friends the bold. Spenser.
   
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