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ent is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend! South.

A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Emerson.

A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.

A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to Ant: misogynist.

To set; to fix; to repose; as, to place confidence in a friend. "My resolution 's placed." Shak.

lay on a flute. One that . . . can play well on an instrument. Ezek. xxxiii. 32. Play, my friend, and charm the charmer. Granville.

to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast. Pledge me, my friend, and drink till thou be'st wise. Cowley.

ceal her husband's murder or accuse her son. Sir P. Sidney. And with thou not reach out a friendly arm, To raise me from amidst this plunge of sorrows Addison.

s; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons. Politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy. Shak.

or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

To determine beforehand, especially to disadvantage; to prejudge. Our dearest friend Prejudicates the business. Shak.

ow hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. This let him know, Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend Surprisal. Milton.

Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv.

wait. He was prevailed with to restrain the Earl. Clarendon. Prevail upon some judicious friend to be your constant hearer, and allow him the utmost freedom. Swift.

sed adverbially for previously. "Previous to publication." M. Arnold. "A policy . . . his friends had advised previous to 1710." J. H. Newman.

A private friend; a confidential friend; a confidant. [Obs.] Fuller.

Next; nearest. Prochein ami or amy ( (Law), the next friend. See under Next.

To declare friendship. [Obs.] Shak.

essing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and profession. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

pose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship. Shak. I reck not what wrong that thou me profre. Chaucer.