be freckle (le as el)

t. [Eng. be; freckle.] To spot over with freckles. (Drayton.) bě-friend', v.t. & i. [Eng. be; friend.] A. Transitive : 1. Lit. To be a friend to or of, to act with kindne to, to favour, to countenance, to sustain by sympathy. "Be thou the first true merit to befriend: His praise is lost who stays till all commend." Pope: E ay on Criticism, 474. 2. Fig .: To favour, to be propitious to. (Used of things.) B. Intransitive: To be friendly, favourable. "But night befriends-through paths obscure he pa 'd." Hemans: The Abencerrage, ii. bě-friend'-ěd, pa . par . [BEFRIEND.] bě-friend-ing, pr . par . [BEFRIEND.] "Hope the befriending, Does what she can, for she points evermore up to heaven. Long fellow: The Children of the Lord's Supper.