The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
befriends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befriend
Source: Wiktionary
Be*friend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befriended; p. pr. & vb. n. Befriending.]
Definition: To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance. By the darkness befriended. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.