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befriend
English
Etymology
From be- +? friend. Compare Saterland Frisian befrüündje (“to befriend”), Dutch bevrienden (“to befriend”), German Low German befründen (“to befriend”),German befreunden (“to befriend”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?fr?nd, IPA(key): /b??f??nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
befriend (third-person singular simple present befriends, present participle befriending, simple past and past participle befriended)
- (transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, p. 143.
- Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, p. 143.
- (transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- Brother servants must always befriend one another.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- (transitive) To favor.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
- If it will please Caesar / To be so good to Caesar, as to hear me, / I shall beseech him to befriend himself.
- 1709, John Denham "The Sophy", in Poems and translations: with the Sophy, a tragedy, Fifth edition [1]
- Now if your plots be ripe, you are befriended / With opportunity.
- 1709, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
- Be thou the first true merit to befriend; / His praise is lost, who stays till all commend.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato: A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants, Act II, edited and published by Jacob Tonson (1733)
- See them embarked, And tell me if the winds and seas befriend them.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 4, "Morrison's Pill"
- This Universe has its Laws. If we walk according to the Law, the Law-Maker will befriend us; if not, not.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Antonyms
- befoe
- defriend
- unfriend
Derived terms
- befriender
- befriendment
- unbefriended
- unbefriending
Related terms
- friend
- friendly
Translations
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cooperate
English
Alternative forms
- co-operate (UK), coöperate (uncommon)
Etymology
Originated 1595–1605 from Late Latin cooperatus (“work with”). See co- + operate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko???p??e?t/, /ku??p??e?t/
Verb
cooperate (third-person singular simple present cooperates, present participle cooperating, simple past and past participle cooperated)
- (intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.
- (intransitive) To allow for mutual unobstructed action
- (intransitive) To function in harmony, side by side
- (intransitive) To engage in economic cooperation.
Usage notes
The usual pronunciation of 'oo' is /u?/ or /?/. The dieresis in the spelling coöperate emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, so the spelling cooperate predominates. See also Appendix:Dieresis.
Synonyms
- coact
- coadjute
- co-op
- make common cause
Related terms
- cooperation (noun)
- cooperative (adjective; noun)
- cooperator (agent noun)
Translations
References
- “cooperate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “cooperate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "cooperate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Italian
Verb
cooperate
- second-person plural present indicative of cooperare
- second-person plural imperative of cooperare
- feminine plural of cooperato
Latin
Participle
cooper?te
- vocative masculine singular of cooper?tus
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