Friendship

Friendship
Friendship Friend"ship, n. [AS. fre['o]ndscipe. See {Friend}, and {-ship}.] 1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. [1913 Webster]

There is little friendship in the world. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]

Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Some friendship will it [a hovel] lend you gainst the tempest. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]


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  • Friendship — (engl. für Freundschaft) ist der Name einiger Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Friendship (Arkansas) Friendship (Indiana) Friendship (Maine) Friendship (Maryland) Friendship (New York) Friendship (North Carolina) Friendship (Ohio) Friendship… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • FRIENDSHIP — FRIENDSHIP, a relationship between people arising from mutual respect and affection. The ideal of friendship in the Western world is largely derived from classical Greece. Not only do the myths and legends point to friendship as one of the great… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Friendship — Friendship, AR U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 206 Housing Units (2000): 83 Land area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • friendship — friendship, amity, comity, goodwill are comparable when they denote the relation (or, in the first three instances, the alliance) existing between persons, communities, states, or peoples that are in accord and in sympathy with each other.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Friendship! — Données clés Titre original Friendship! Réalisation Markus Goller Scénario Olivia Retzer Acteurs principaux Matthias Schweighöfer Friedrich Mücke Alicja Bachleda Curus …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Friendship — es una localidad de Surinam. Frienship se encuentra en el distrito administrativo de Coronie. La ciudad se encuentra al nivel del mar sobre la costa del Océano Atlántico, al oeste de Paramaribo la capital de Surinam.[1] Friendship se encuentra a… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Friendship, AR — U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 206 Housing Units (2000): 83 Land area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.734614 sq. miles (1.902642 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Friendship, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 1176 Housing Units (2000): 535 Land area (2000): 2.751688 sq. miles (7.126838 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.751688 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Friendship, TN — U.S. city in Tennessee Population (2000): 608 Housing Units (2000): 264 Land area (2000): 1.303705 sq. miles (3.376581 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.303705 sq. miles (3.376581 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Friendship, WI — U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 698 Housing Units (2000): 294 Land area (2000): 0.886474 sq. miles (2.295958 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.033735 sq. miles (0.087373 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.920209 sq. miles (2.383331 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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