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ight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a guileful man. Sir W. Jones.

To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. Knolles.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc. ; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.

an ardent admirer. "An adorer of truth." Clarendon. I profess myself her adorer, not her friend. Shak.

To take counsel; to consult; -- followed by with; as, to advise with friends.

be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton.

aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.

To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] Spenser.

A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him…

Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks all pale." Byron.

which mitigates, or makes more tolerable. I have not wanted such alleviations of life as friendship could supply. Johnson.

t forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. These three did love each other dearly well, And with so firm affection were allied. Spenser. The virtue nearest to our vice allied. Pope.

Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas.

The quality of being amicable; friendliness; amicableness. Ash.

Friendly; proceeding from, or exhibiting, friendliness; after the manner of friends; peaceable; as, an amicable disposition, or arrangement. That which was most remarkable in this contest was . . . the amicable manner in which it was managed. Prideoux. Amicable action (Law.), an action commenced and prosecuted by amica…

A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islands to friendly natives.