"make friendly" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes friendly [present, singular, third-person], making friendly [participle, present], made friendly [participle, past], made friendly [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> friendly}} make friendly (third-person singular simple present makes friendly, present participle making friendly, simple past and past participle made friendly)
  1. To act in a friendly or conciliatory way.
    Sense id: en-make_friendly-en-verb-2hsvnA4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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