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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Befriend \Be*friend"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Befriended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befriending}.] To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

By the darkness befriended. --Longfellow.
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