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An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend. [Modern Greece]

ame. See under Given. -- In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. -- In the name of. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke's name to obey me." Shak.

Connected by the ties of consanguinity. "Natural friends." J. H. Newman.

interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend.

person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.

the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly. -- adv.

either side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

In no degree; not in the least; not. Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse. South. And he answered him to never a word. Matt. xxvii. 14.

othing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24. 'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend, This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden.

direct; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. The love we bear our friends... Hath in it certain oblique ends. Drayton. This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks…

resh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. "An old acquaintance." Camden.

r toward an end. Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. Sir P. Sidney.

sons or things; estimation. I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. Shak. Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. South. However, I have no opinion of those things. Bacon.

to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. Marvell.

ter; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

A friend of the bridegroom who went with him in his chariot to fetch home the bride. Milton.

here the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without. Piers Plowman.

most part. See under Most, a. -- In good part, as well done; favorably; acceptably; in a friendly manner. Hooker. In ill part, unfavorably; with displeasure. -- In part, in some degree; partly. -- Part and parcel, an essential or constituent portion; -- a reduplicative phrase. Cf. might and main, kith and kin, etc.…

assion; expressing passion; ardent in feeling or desire; vehement; warm; as, a passionate friendship. "The passionate Pilgrim." Shak.

th or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.